祈ぐ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
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]

祈(ね)ぐ • (negu) transitive ^†yodan

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

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