用ゆ

Japanese
Kanji in this term
用
もち
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

/mot͡ɕiwiru/ → */mot͡ɕijiru/ → /mot͡ɕiju/

Back-formation from 用いる (mochiiru), classical 用ゐる (motiwiru).[1][2]

During the Kamakura and Muromachi periods, sound changes reduced medial /-w-/, merging into /i/.

Verb

用(もち)ゆ • (mochiyu) transitive †nidan

  1. (archaic, obsolete) to use, make use of, utilize
  2. (archaic, obsolete) to adopt
  3. (archaic, obsolete) to assign, appoint

Conjugation
Classical conjugation of "用ゆ" (ヤ行上二段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 用いもちいmotii
Continuative (連用形) 用いもちいmotii
Terminal (終止形) 用ゆもちゆmotiyu
Attributive (連体形) 用ゆるもちゆるmotiyuru
Realis (已然形) 用ゆれもちゆれmotiyure
Imperative (命令形) 用いよもちいよmotiiyo
Key constructions
Negative 用いずもちいずmotiizu
Contrasting conjunction 用ゆれどもちゆれどmotiyuredo
Causal conjunction 用ゆればもちゆればmotiyureba
Conditional conjunction 用いばもちいばmotiiba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 用いきもちいきmotiiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 用いけりもちいけりmotiikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 用いつもちいつmotiitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 用いぬもちいぬmotiinu
Perfect-continuative tense 用いたりもちいたりmotiitari
Volitional 用いむもちいむmotiimu

See also

References
  1. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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