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飢うう

Hiragana
うう
Hepburn romanization
uu
Pitch accent
Verb
Classical Japanese archaic

(Classical Japanese, archaic) to starve, be hungry

After wandering in the mountains and going three days without food, a starving traveler was saved with rice porridge by the villagers.

Word Forms

The basic and commonly used forms of this verb.

Basic forms
Form Word form Usage
Imperfective form (mizenkei)
Alternative: 飢え
Connects to endings such as nai, reru, and seru.
Continuative form (renyokei)
Alternative: 飢え
Connects to endings such as masu, tai, and ta.
Conclusive form (shushikei) Ends a sentence and serves as the dictionary form.
Attributive form (rentaikei) Modifies a noun.
Conditional form (kateikei) Combines with ba to express a condition.
Imperative form (meireikei)
Alternative: 飢えよ
Expresses a command or instruction.
Common forms
Form Word form Usage
Te-form
Alternative: 飢えて
Connects clauses with te.
Ta-form
Alternative: 飢えた
Expresses the past with ta.
Nai-form
Alternative: 飢えない 飢ゑず
Expresses negation with nai.
Masu-form
Alternative: 飢えます
Used for polite speech.
Ba-form
Alternative: 飢ゑば 飢えば
Expresses a condition with ba.
Volitional form
Alternative: 飢えよう
Expresses intention or invitation.
Notes
  • 古語の「飢う(うう)」はワ行下二段活用。
  • basic.katei は古典文法の已然形相当(飢うれ)を収録。
  • 表記「ゑ」を用いる形は歴史的仮名遣い。現代仮名遣い相当の形を variants に含めた。

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