愛づ

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
賞づ

Etymology

From Old Japanese.

Verb

() • (mezutransitive nidan

  1. (Classical Japanese, archaic) to love, to adore

Conjugation

Classical conjugation of "愛づ" (ダ行下二段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 愛で めで mede
Continuative (連用形) 愛で めで mede
Terminal (終止形) 愛づ めづ medu
Attributive (連体形) 愛づる めづる meduru
Realis (已然形) 愛づれ めづれ medure
Imperative (命令形) 愛でよ めでよ medeyo
Key constructions
Negative 愛でず めでず medezu
Contrasting conjunction 愛づれど めづれど meduredo
Causal conjunction 愛づれば めづれば medureba
Conditional conjunction 愛でば めでば medeba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 愛でき めでき medeki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 愛でけり めでけり medekeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 愛でつ めでつ medetu
Perfect tense (natural event) 愛でぬ めでぬ medenu
Perfect-continuative tense 愛でたり めでたり medetari
Volitional 愛でむ めでむ medemu

Derived terms