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I have heard of all of the following conjugations as being imperative forms in
Japanese by various texts.

> なさる → なさい
>
> くださる → ください
>
> いらっしゃる → いらっしゃいませ

Are these all part of the same category of imperative forms? If so, are these
irregular conjugations and/or are they distinct from the 「止まれ」-style
imperative?
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conjugations imperatives
Confusion on imperative forms?
They are irregular conjugations. Copying from
[Wikipedia](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%8D%E8%A6%8F%E5%89%87%E5%8B%95%E8%A9%9E):

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> ござる・為さる（なさる）・下さる（くださる）・いらっしゃる・おっしゃるの5語は助動詞「ます」に続く時の連用形が「〜い」となる点が通常の五段活用動詞と異なる。
> **「ござる」以外は命令形も「〜い」となる** 。規則どおりの「ござります」「なさります」などは、古風な響きとなる。

There is a sound shift to using い for both the 連用形 (masu-form) as well for the
imperative form. As Wikipedia mentions, using the "correct" form sounds very
old fashioned.

Here's another question about this:

  * [Proper form of なさる - なさります or なさいます](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/32700/proper-form-of-%E3%81%AA%E3%81%95%E3%82%8B-%E3%81%AA%E3%81%95%E3%82%8A%E3%81%BE%E3%81%99-or-%E3%81%AA%E3%81%95%E3%81%84%E3%81%BE%E3%81%99)
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