なふ
Japanese
Alternative forms
- (modern reflex) なう (-nau, verb, godan inflection)
Suffix
なふ • (-nafu) †yodan
- (non-productive) verb-forming suffix attached to nouns (generally for native Japanese words)
Conjugation
Classical conjugation of "なふ" (ハ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irrealis (未然形) | なは | nafa | |
| Continuative (連用形) | なひ | nafi | |
| Terminal (終止形) | なふ | nafu | |
| Attributive (連体形) | なふ | nafu | |
| Realis (已然形) | なへ | nafe | |
| Imperative (命令形) | なへ | nafe | |
| Key constructions | |||
| Negative | なはず | nafazu | |
| Contrasting conjunction | なへど | nafedo | |
| Causal conjunction | なへば | nafeba | |
| Conditional conjunction | なはば | nafaba | |
| Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | なひき | nafiki | |
| Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | なひけり | nafikeri | |
| Perfect tense (conscious action) | なひつ | nafitu | |
| Perfect tense (natural event) | なひぬ | nafinu | |
| Perfect-continuative tense | なへり なひたり | naferi nafitari | |
| Volitional | なはむ | nafamu | |
Derived terms
Terms derived from なふ
- 商う (akinau, “to trade”)
- 和う (amanau, “to content onself with”)
- 誘う (izanau, “to invite”)
- 諾う (ubenau, “to agree”)
- 占う (uranau, “to divine”)
- 訪う (otonau, “to visit”)
- 音なう (otonau, “to make a sound”)
- 罪なう (tsuminau, “to punish”)
- 伴う (tomonau, “to accompany”)
- 担う (ninau, “to bear”)
- 呪う (majinau, “to pray that one avoids disaster”)
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