委ぬ

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
委
ゆだ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese.

Verb

委(ゆだ)ぬ • (yudanu) transitive †nidan

  1. (Classical Japanese, archaic) entrust, leave
  2. (Classical Japanese, archaic) abandon oneself to
    快楽(かいらく)に身(み)を委(ゆだ)ぬ
    kairaku ni mi o yudanu
    to abandon one's body to pleasure
  3. (Classical Japanese, archaic) devote oneself to

Conjugation

Classical conjugation of "委ぬ" (ナ行下二段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 委ね ゆだね yudane
Continuative (連用形) 委ね ゆだね yudane
Terminal (終止形) 委ぬ ゆだぬ yudanu
Attributive (連体形) 委ぬる ゆだぬる yudanuru
Realis (已然形) 委ぬれ ゆだぬれ yudanure
Imperative (命令形) 委ねよ ゆだねよ yudaneyo
Key constructions
Negative 委ねず ゆだねず yudanezu
Contrasting conjunction 委ぬれど ゆだぬれど yudanuredo
Causal conjunction 委ぬれば ゆだぬれば yudanureba
Conditional conjunction 委ねば ゆだねば yudaneba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 委ねき ゆだねき yudaneki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 委ねけり ゆだねけり yudanekeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 委ねつ ゆだねつ yudanetu
Perfect tense (natural event) 委ねぬ ゆだねぬ yudanenu
Perfect-continuative tense 委ねたり ゆだねたり yudanetari
Volitional 委ねむ ゆだねむ yudanemu

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