喘ぐ

See also: 喘く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
あえ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Etymology

⟨ape2ku⟩/apəɨku/ → */afeku//afeɡu//aweɡu//aeɡu/

Shift from Old Japanese 喘く (⟨ape2ku⟩ → aeku), voicing apparent possibly in Early Middle Japanese or sometime after the Heian period.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

(あえ) • (aeguあへぐ (afegu)?intransitive godan (stem (あえ) (aegi), past (あえ)いだ (aeida))

  1. to gasp; to pant
    (あえ)(ごえ)
    aegigoe
    gasping vocalizations (especially those made during lovemaking)
  2. to suffer

Conjugation

Conjugation of "喘ぐ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 喘が あえが aega
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 喘ぎ あえぎ aegi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 喘ぐ あえぐ aegu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 喘ぐ あえぐ aegu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 喘げ あえげ aege
Meireikei ("imperative") 喘げ あえげ aege
Key constructions
Passive 喘がれる あえがれる aegareru
Causative 喘がせる
喘がす
あえがせる
あえがす
aegaseru
aegasu
Potential 喘げる あえげる aegeru
Volitional 喘ごう あえごう aegō
Negative 喘がない あえがない aeganai
Negative continuative 喘がず あえがず aegazu
Formal 喘ぎます あえぎます aegimasu
Perfective 喘いだ あえいだ aeida
Conjunctive 喘いで あえいで aeide
Hypothetical conditional 喘げば あえげば aegeba
Classical conjugation of "喘ぐ" (ガ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 喘が あへが afega
Continuative (連用形) 喘ぎ あへぎ afegi
Terminal (終止形) 喘ぐ あへぐ afegu
Attributive (連体形) 喘ぐ あへぐ afegu
Realis (已然形) 喘げ あへげ afege
Imperative (命令形) 喘げ あへげ afege
Key constructions
Negative 喘がず あへがず afegazu
Contrasting conjunction 喘げど あへげど afegedo
Causal conjunction 喘げば あへげば afegeba
Conditional conjunction 喘がば あへがば afegaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 喘ぎき あへぎき afegiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 喘ぎけり あへぎけり afegikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 喘ぎつ あへぎつ afegitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 喘ぎぬ あへぎぬ afeginu
Perfect-continuative tense 喘げり
喘ぎたり
あへげり
あへぎたり
afegeri
afegitari
Volitional 喘がむ あへがむ afegamu

Derived terms

  • (あえ) (aegi)
  • (あえ)(あえ) (aegiaegi)
  • あえぎごえ (aegigoe)

Proverbs

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN