しむ

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
使む
令む

From Old Japanese.

Suffix

しむ • (-shimu) †nidan

  1. (archaic, after 未然形 (mizenkei) stem)
    1. Forming causative forms of verbs: to make (someone do)
      • 1945, Hirohito, Jewel Voice Broadcast
        朕(ちん)ハ帝(てい)國(こく)政(せい)府(ふ)ヲシテ米(べい)英(えい)支(し)蘇(そ)四(し)國(こく)ニ對(たい)シ其(そ)ノ共(きょう)同(どう)宣(せん)言(げん)ヲ受(じゅ)諾(だく)スル旨(むね)通(つう)告(こく)セシメタリ
        Chin wa teikoku seifu o shite Bei Ei Shi So shikoku ni taishi sono kyōdō sengen o judaku suru mune tsūkoku seshimetari
        We have ordered our government to communicate to the governments of the United States, Great Britain, China and the Soviet Union that our empire accepts the provisions of their joint declaration.
    2. An honorific or humble suffix.
Conjugation
Classical conjugation of "しむ" (マ行下二段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) しめ sime
Continuative (連用形) しめ sime
Terminal (終止形) しむ simu
Attributive (連体形) しむる simuru
Realis (已然形) しむれ simure
Imperative (命令形) しめよ simeyo
Key constructions
Negative しめず simezu
Contrasting conjunction しむれど simuredo
Causal conjunction しむれば simureba
Conditional conjunction しめば simeba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) しめき simeki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) しめけり simekeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) しめつ simetu
Perfect tense (natural event) しめぬ simenu
Perfect-continuative tense しめたり simetari
Volitional しめむ simemu
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

Shift from earlier しも (-shimo).

Prevalent in Late Middle Japanese literature.

Suffix

しむ • (-shimu) 

  1. (obsolete, after 未然形 (mizenkei) stem of quadrigrade or na-row irregular verbs) to respectfully do
See also

Old Japanese

Etymology

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Suffix

しむ (-simu)

  1. (archaic, after 未然形 (mizenkei) stem) forms causative forms of verbs: to make (someone do)
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