祈ぐ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
祈
ね Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

Thought to be cognate with shimo nidan katsuyō verb 労 (ね)ぐ (negu), itself cognate with modern 労 (ねぎら)う (negirau, “to thank for”).[1]

Verb

祈ぐ (transitive, yodan conjugation, hiragana ねぐ, rōmaji negu)

(archaic, possibly obsolete) to pray
- c. 1005, Shūi Wakashū (book 14, poem 862)
  石 (いその)上 (かみ)ふりにし戀 (こひ)の神 (かみ)さびてたゝるに我 (われ)はねぎぞかねつる
  iso-no-kami furi ni shi koi no kami-sabite tataru ni ware wa negi zo kane tsuru
  (please add an English translation of this example)
Synonyms: 祈る (inoru), 祈願する (kigan suru)

Derived terms

願 (ねが)う (negau, “to wish”)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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