いで

See also: いて

Japanese

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Interjection

いで • (ide) 

  1. Come! (used to verbally urge the addressee when calling them closer)
Usage notes

Used in more limited contexts compared to other words such as さあ (sā).

Etymology 2

井 (i, “well”) + 手 (te, “hand”), with rendaku.

Noun

いで • (ide) ←ゐで (wide)?

  1. 井手: (archaic) A dam used to divert water for irrigation.

Proper noun

いで • (Ide) ←ゐで (wide)?

  1. 井手: a surname

Etymology 3

From ずて (zute). Early Middle Japanese.[1]

Suffix

いで • (-ide) 

  1. (Classical Japanese) Attaches to the 未然形 (mizenkei, “irrealis or incomplete form”) of verbs to form the negative conjunctive, equivalent to modern ないで (-naide).

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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