喘ぐ

See also: 喘く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
喘
あえ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Etymology

⟨ape₂ku⟩ → /apəɨku/ → */afeku/ → /afeɡu/ → /aweɡu/ → /aeɡu/

Shift from Old Japanese 喘く (⟨ape₂ku⟩ → aeku), voicing apparent possibly in Early Middle Japanese or sometime after the Heian period.^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あえぐ [àéꜜgù] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [a̠e̞ɡɯ̟]

Verb

喘(あえ)ぐ • (aegu) ^{←あへぐ (afegu)?}intransitive godan (stem 喘(あえ)ぎ (aegi), past 喘(あえ)いだ (aeida))

1. to gasp, pant

   喘(あえ)ぎ声(ごえ)

   aegigoe

   gasping vocalizations (especially those made during lovemaking)

2. to suffer

Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	喘が	あえが	aega
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	喘ぎ	あえぎ	aegi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	喘ぐ	あえぐ	aegu
Rentaikei ("attributive")	喘ぐ	あえぐ	aegu
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	喘げ	あえげ	aege
Meireikei ("imperative")	喘げ	あえげ	aege
Key constructions
Passive	喘がれる	あえがれる	aegareru
Causative	喘がせる 喘がす	あえがせる あえがす	aegaseru aegasu
Potential	喘げる	あえげる	aegeru
Volitional	喘ごう	あえごう	aegō
Negative	喘がない	あえがない	aeganai
Negative continuative	喘がず	あえがず	aegazu
Formal	喘ぎます	あえぎます	aegimasu
Perfective	喘いだ	あえいだ	aeida
Conjunctive	喘いで	あえいで	aeide
Hypothetical conditional	喘げば	あえげば	aegeba

Conjugation of "喘ぐ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	喘が	あへが	afega
Continuative (連用形)	喘ぎ	あへぎ	afegi
Terminal (終止形)	喘ぐ	あへぐ	afegu
Attributive (連体形)	喘ぐ	あへぐ	afegu
Realis (已然形)	喘げ	あへげ	afege
Imperative (命令形)	喘げ	あへげ	afege
Key constructions
Negative	喘がず	あへがず	afegazu
Contrasting conjunction	喘げど	あへげど	afegedo
Causal conjunction	喘げば	あへげば	afegeba
Conditional conjunction	喘がば	あへがば	afegaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	喘ぎき	あへぎき	afegiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	喘ぎけり	あへぎけり	afegikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action)	喘ぎつ	あへぎつ	afegitu
Perfect tense (natural event)	喘ぎぬ	あへぎぬ	afeginu
Perfect-continuative tense	喘げり 喘ぎたり	あへげり あへぎたり	afegeri afegitari
Volitional	喘がむ	あへがむ	afegamu

Classical conjugation of "喘ぐ" (ガ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Derived terms

• 喘(あえ)ぎ (aegi)
• 喘(あえ)ぎ喘(あえ)ぎ (aegiaegi)
• あえぎごえ (aegigoe)

Proverbs

• 呉(ご)牛(ぎゅう)月(つき)に喘(あえ)ぐ (gogyū tsuki ni aegu)

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN