嫁ぐ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
嫁
とつ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

From 戸(と) (to, “door”) + 付(つ)く (tsuku, “to attach oneself to”). The tsuku changes to tsugu as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) とつぐ [tòtsúꜜgù] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
IPA^(key): [to̞t͡sɨɡɯ̟]

Verb

嫁(とつ)ぐ • (totsugu) intransitive godan (stem 嫁(とつ)ぎ (totsugi), past 嫁(とつ)いだ (totsuida))

(of a woman) to marry into the husband's family
to copulate, to have sexual intercourse

Conjugation

Conjugation of "嫁ぐ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	嫁が	とつぐが	totsuguga
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	嫁ぎ	とつぐぎ	totsugugi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	嫁ぐ	とつぐぐ	totsugugu
Rentaikei ("attributive")	嫁ぐ	とつぐぐ	totsugugu
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	嫁げ	とつぐげ	totsuguge
Meireikei ("imperative")	嫁げ	とつぐげ	totsuguge
Key constructions
Passive	嫁がれる	とつぐがれる	totsugugareru
Causative	嫁がせる嫁がす	とつぐがせるとつぐがす	totsugugaseru totsugugasu
Potential	嫁げる	とつぐげる	totsugugeru
Volitional	嫁ごう	とつぐごう	totsugugō
Negative	嫁がない	とつぐがない	totsuguganai
Negative continuative	嫁がず	とつぐがず	totsugugazu
Formal	嫁ぎます	とつぐぎます	totsugugimasu
Perfective	嫁いだ	とつぐいだ	totsuguida
Conjunctive	嫁いで	とつぐいで	totsuguide
Hypothetical conditional	嫁げば	とつぐげば	totsugugeba

See also

娶(めと)る (metoru)

References

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

“嫁ぐ”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026