嗽ぐ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
くちすす
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
口濯ぐ

Etymology

Compound of (くち) (kuchi, mouth) + (すす) (susugu, to rinse with water, to clean with water).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ちすす [kùchísúsúꜜgù] (Nakadaka – [4])
  • (Tokyo) ちすすぐ [kùchísúsúgú] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [kɯ̟t͡ɕisɨsɨɡɯ̟]

Verb

(くちすす) • (kuchisusuguintransitive godan (stem (くちすす) (kuchisusugi), past (くちすす)いだ (kuchisusuida))

  1. to gargle, to rinse (the mouth)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "嗽ぐ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 嗽が くちすすが kuchisusuga
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 嗽ぎ くちすすぎ kuchisusugi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 嗽ぐ くちすすぐ kuchisusugu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 嗽ぐ くちすすぐ kuchisusugu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 嗽げ くちすすげ kuchisusuge
Meireikei ("imperative") 嗽げ くちすすげ kuchisusuge
Key constructions
Passive 嗽がれる くちすすがれる kuchisusugareru
Causative 嗽がせる
嗽がす
くちすすがせる
くちすすがす
kuchisusugaseru
kuchisusugasu
Potential 嗽げる くちすすげる kuchisusugeru
Volitional 嗽ごう くちすすごう kuchisusugō
Negative 嗽がない くちすすがない kuchisusuganai
Negative continuative 嗽がず くちすすがず kuchisusugazu
Formal 嗽ぎます くちすすぎます kuchisusugimasu
Perfective 嗽いだ くちすすいだ kuchisusuida
Conjunctive 嗽いで くちすすいで kuchisusuide
Hypothetical conditional 嗽げば くちすすげば kuchisusugeba

References