愛で

Japanese

Kanji in this term
愛
め Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
目出

Etymology

The 未然形 (mizenkei, “irrealis form”) and 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of Old Japanese verb 愛づ (medu), modern 愛でる (mederu, “to love; to admire, appreciate”).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) めで [mèdéꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
IPA^(key): [me̞de̞]

Noun

愛(め)で • (mede)

(archaic) love, appreciation, dearness

Derived terms

愛(め)でたい (medetai, “favorable”)

Verb

愛(め)で • (mede)

imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of 愛でる (mederu) [ichidan]

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Old Japanese

Etymology

The 未然形 (mizenkei, “irrealis form”) and 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 愛づ (medu, “to love; to admire, appreciate”).

Noun

愛で (me₂de) (kana めで)

love, appreciation, dearness
- 720, Nihon Shoki, poem 67:
  波那具波辞佐区羅能梅涅虛等梅涅麼波椰区波梅涅孺和我梅豆留古羅
  panagupasi sakura no₂ me₂de ko₂to₂ me₂deba payaku pa me₂dezu waga me₂duru ko₁ra
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

愛での盛り (me₂de no₂ sakari, “the height of love, the utmost love”)

Descendants

Japanese: 愛で (mede)