買ふ

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese.

Verb

() • (kafuintransitive yodan

  1. (Classical Japanese, archaic) to buy

Conjugation

Classical conjugation of "買ふ" (ハ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 買は かは kafa
Continuative (連用形) 買ひ かひ kafi
Terminal (終止形) 買ふ かふ kafu
Attributive (連体形) 買ふ かふ kafu
Realis (已然形) 買へ かへ kafe
Imperative (命令形) 買へ かへ kafe
Key constructions
Negative 買はず かはず kafazu
Contrasting conjunction 買へど かへど kafedo
Causal conjunction 買へば かへば kafeba
Conditional conjunction 買はば かはば kafaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 買ひき かひき kafiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 買ひけり かひけり kafikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 買ひつ かひつ kafitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 買ひぬ かひぬ kafinu
Perfect-continuative tense 買へり
買ひたり
かへり
かひたり
kaferi
kafitari
Volitional 買はむ かはむ kafamu

Derived terms