上ぐ

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese.

Verb

() • (agutransitive nidan

  1. (Classical Japanese, archaic) to raise, to lift
  2. (Classical Japanese, archaic) to give
  3. (Classical Japanese, archaic) to utter; to cry; to produce; to raise (a voice)

Conjugation

Classical conjugation of "上ぐ" (ガ行下二段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 上げ あげ age
Continuative (連用形) 上げ あげ age
Terminal (終止形) 上ぐ あぐ agu
Attributive (連体形) 上ぐる あぐる aguru
Realis (已然形) 上ぐれ あぐれ agure
Imperative (命令形) 上げよ あげよ ageyo
Key constructions
Negative 上げず あげず agezu
Contrasting conjunction 上ぐれど あぐれど aguredo
Causal conjunction 上ぐれば あぐれば agureba
Conditional conjunction 上げば あげば ageba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 上げき あげき ageki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 上げけり あげけり agekeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 上げつ あげつ agetu
Perfect tense (natural event) 上げぬ あげぬ agenu
Perfect-continuative tense 上げたり あげたり agetari
Volitional 上げむ あげむ agemu

Derived terms