Kanji in this term |
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祈 |
ね Grade: S |
kun'yomi |
Alternative spellings |
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祈ぐ (kyūjitai) 祷ぐ |
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]
Stem forms | |||
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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 |