逃ぐ

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese.

Verb

() • (niguintransitive nidan

  1. (Classical Japanese, archaic) to run away; to get away
  2. (Classical Japanese, archaic) to avoid, to stay away from

Conjugation

Classical conjugation of "逃ぐ" (ガ行下二段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 逃げ にげ nige
Continuative (連用形) 逃げ にげ nige
Terminal (終止形) 逃ぐ にぐ nigu
Attributive (連体形) 逃ぐる にぐる niguru
Realis (已然形) 逃ぐれ にぐれ nigure
Imperative (命令形) 逃げよ にげよ nigeyo
Key constructions
Negative 逃げず にげず nigezu
Contrasting conjunction 逃ぐれど にぐれど niguredo
Causal conjunction 逃ぐれば にぐれば nigureba
Conditional conjunction 逃げば にげば nigeba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 逃げき にげき nigeki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 逃げけり にげけり nigekeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 逃げつ にげつ nigetu
Perfect tense (natural event) 逃げぬ にげぬ nigenu
Perfect-continuative tense 逃げたり にげたり nigetari
Volitional 逃げむ にげむ nigemu

Derived terms