祈ぐ
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 祈 |
| ね Grade: S |
| kun'yomi |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| (kyūjitai) 祷ぐ |
Etymology
Thought to be cognate with 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō) verb 労ぐ (negu, “to pray for blessings or protection”).[1][2]
Verb
祈ぐ • (negu) transitive †yodan
- (Classical Japanese) to pray
- c. 1005, Shūi Wakashū (book 14, poem 862)
Conjugation
Classical conjugation of "祈ぐ" (ガ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irrealis (未然形) | 祈が | ねが | nega |
| Continuative (連用形) | 祈ぎ | ねぎ | negi |
| Terminal (終止形) | 祈ぐ | ねぐ | negu |
| Attributive (連体形) | 祈ぐ | ねぐ | negu |
| Realis (已然形) | 祈げ | ねげ | nege |
| Imperative (命令形) | 祈げ | ねげ | nege |
| Key constructions | |||
| Negative | 祈がず | ねがず | negazu |
| Contrasting conjunction | 祈げど | ねげど | negedo |
| Causal conjunction | 祈げば | ねげば | negeba |
| Conditional conjunction | 祈がば | ねがば | negaba |
| Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | 祈ぎき | ねぎき | negiki |
| Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | 祈ぎけり | ねぎけり | negikeri |
| Perfect tense (conscious action) | 祈ぎつ | ねぎつ | negitu |
| Perfect tense (natural event) | 祈ぎぬ | ねぎぬ | neginu |
| Perfect-continuative tense | 祈げり 祈ぎたり |
ねげり ねぎたり |
negeri negitari |
| Volitional | 祈がむ | ねがむ | negamu |
Derived terms
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