垂づ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
垂
し Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese.

Verb

垂(し)づ • (shizu) transitive ^†nidan

1. (Classical Japanese, archaic) to suspend
   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 6, poem 1031:

     後れにし人を思はく思泥の崎木綿取り垂でて幸くとぞ思ふ

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (Classical Japanese, archaic) to lower

Conjugation

Classical conjugation of "垂づ" (ダ行下二段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	垂で	しで	side
Continuative (連用形)	垂で	しで	side
Terminal (終止形)	垂づ	しづ	sidu
Attributive (連体形)	垂づる	しづる	siduru
Realis (已然形)	垂づれ	しづれ	sidure
Imperative (命令形)	垂でよ	しでよ	sideyo
Key constructions
Negative	垂でず	しでず	sidezu
Contrasting conjunction	垂づれど	しづれど	siduredo
Causal conjunction	垂づれば	しづれば	sidureba
Conditional conjunction	垂でば	しでば	sideba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	垂でき	しでき	sideki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	垂でけり	しでけり	sidekeri
Perfect tense (conscious action)	垂でつ	しでつ	sidetu
Perfect tense (natural event)	垂でぬ	しでぬ	sidenu
Perfect-continuative tense	垂でたり	しでたり	sidetari
Volitional	垂でむ	しでむ	sidemu