I saw a cartoon character(平沢唯, 「けいおん！」, ep.2) use this exclamation: 「無念なり」
expressing her regret at the lack of money. I'd like to find a grammar point
explaining the use of 「なり」 here. After some lookup on the Internet it seems
that なり can also be written as 成り (so I take it it's a derivative of 成る).
However, it appears that none of the grammar books I've searched gives an
explanation to this specific use (everything I've found concerns only V + なり
and doesn't make much sense in this context). Any help will be appreciated!
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無念なり - what is なり?