いで

See also: いて

Japanese

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Interjection

いで • (ide

  1. Come! (used to verbally urge the addressee when calling them closer)
Usage notes

Used in more limited contexts compared to other words such as さあ ().

Etymology 2

(i, well) + (te, hand), with rendaku.

Noun

いで • (ideゐで (wide)?

  1. 井手: (archaic) A dam used to divert water for irrigation.

Proper noun

いで • (Ideゐで (Wide)?

  1. 井手: a surname

Etymology 3

From ずて (zute). Early Middle Japanese.[1]

Suffix

いで • (-ide

  1. (Classical Japanese) Attaches to the 未然形 (mizenkei, irrealis or incomplete form) of verbs to form the negative conjunctive, equivalent to modern ないで (-naide).

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN