寢ぬ

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See also: 寝ぬ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
寢
い
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 寢ぬ – see the following entry.
【寝いぬ】
(obsolete) to sleep
Alternative spelling
寐ぬ
(This term, 寢ぬ, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Old Japanese

Etymology

Derived from 寢 (i, “sleep”) +‎ 寢 (nu, “to sleep”).

Verb

寢ぬ (inu) (kana いぬ)

  1. to sleep
    Synonym: 寢 (nu)
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 8, poem 1511:
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      暮去者小倉乃山尓鳴鹿者今夜波不鳴寐宿家良思母
      yupu sareba Wogura-no2-yama ni naku sika pa ko2yo2pi1 panakazu inenike1rasi mo
      The deer at Ogura Mountain, which cries when evening arrives, appears to have fallen asleep tonight without crying.[1]

Conjugation

Classical conjugation of "寢ぬ" (ナ行下二段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 寢ね いね ine
Continuative (連用形) 寢ね いね ine
Terminal (終止形) 寢ぬ いぬ inu
Attributive (連体形) 寢ぬる いぬる inuru
Realis (已然形) 寢ぬれ いぬれ inure
Imperative (命令形) 寢ねよ いねよ ineyo
Key constructions
Negative 寢ねず いねず inezu
Contrasting conjunction 寢ぬれど いぬれど inuredo
Causal conjunction 寢ぬれば いぬれば inureba
Conditional conjunction 寢ねば いねば ineba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 寢ねき いねき ineki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 寢ねけり いねけり inekeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 寢ねつ いねつ inetu
Perfect tense (natural event) 寢ねぬ いねぬ inenu
Perfect-continuative tense 寢ねたり いねたり inetari
Volitional 寢ねむ いねむ inemu

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Japanese: 寝ぬ (inu)

References

  1. ^ Haruo Shirane (2013) Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons: Nature, Literature, and the Arts, illustrated, reprint edition, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 29
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