寢ぬ

See also: 寝ぬ

Old Japanese

Etymology

Derived from 寢 (i, “sleep”) +‎ 寢 (nu, “to sleep”).

Verb

寢ぬ (inu) (kana いぬ)

  1. to sleep
    Synonym: 寢 (nu)
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 8, poem 1511:
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      暮去者小倉乃山尓鳴鹿者今夜波不鳴寐宿家良思母
      yupu sareba Wogura-no2-yama ni naku sika pa ko2yo2pi1 panakazu inenike1rasi mo
      The deer at Ogura Mountain, which cries when evening arrives, appears to have fallen asleep tonight without crying.[1]

Conjugation
Classical conjugation of "寢ぬ" (ナ行下二段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 寢ねいねine
Continuative (連用形) 寢ねいねine
Terminal (終止形) 寢ぬいぬinu
Attributive (連体形) 寢ぬるいぬるinuru
Realis (已然形) 寢ぬれいぬれinure
Imperative (命令形) 寢ねよいねよineyo
Key constructions
Negative 寢ねずいねずinezu
Contrasting conjunction 寢ぬれどいぬれどinuredo
Causal conjunction 寢ぬればいぬればinureba
Conditional conjunction 寢ねばいねばineba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 寢ねきいねきineki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 寢ねけりいねけりinekeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 寢ねついねつinetu
Perfect tense (natural event) 寢ねぬいねぬinenu
Perfect-continuative tense 寢ねたりいねたりinetari
Volitional 寢ねむいねむinemu

Derived terms
  • 寢ねかつ (inekatu)

Descendants
  • Japanese: 寝ぬ (inu)

References
  1. Haruo Shirane (2013) Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons: Nature, Literature, and the Arts, illustrated, reprint edition, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 29
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