祈ぐ

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
祈
ね
Grade: S
irregular
Alternative spellings
祈ぐ (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”).

Verb

祈(ね)ぐ • (negu) transitive †yodan

  1. (archaic) to pray
    Synonyms: 祈る (inoru), 祈願する (kigan suru)

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

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