むとす
Japanese
Etymology
Original form of んとする (n to suru). Compound of classical volitional auxiliary む (mu), quotation particle と (to), and verb す (su, “to do”), original form of する (suru, “to do”). む (mu) regularly contracted into ん (n) and is read as n in the modern language in Classical Japanese texts.
In Heian era speech, this would also sometimes contract into むず (muzu) or うず (uzu).
Phrase
むとす • (mu to su) (alternative reading rōmaji n to su)
- (archaic) Alternative form of んとする (n to suru)
Conjugation
Classical conjugation of "むとす" (サ行変格活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms | |||
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Irrealis (未然形) | むとせ | んとせ | n to se |
Continuative (連用形) | むとし | んとし | n to si |
Terminal (終止形) | むとす | んとす | n to su |
Attributive (連体形) | むとする | んとする | n to suru |
Realis (已然形) | むとすれ | んとすれ | n to sure |
Imperative (命令形) | むとせよ | んとせよ | n to seyo |
Key constructions | |||
Negative | むとせず | んとせず | n to sezu |
Contrasting conjunction | むとすれど | んとすれど | n to suredo |
Causal conjunction | むとすれば | んとすれば | n to sureba |
Conditional conjunction | むとせば | んとせば | n to seba |
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | むとしき | んとしき | n to siki |
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | むとしけり | んとしけり | n to sikeri |
Perfect tense (conscious action) | むとしつ | んとしつ | n to situ |
Perfect tense (natural event) | むとしぬ | んとしぬ | n to sinu |
Perfect-continuative tense | むとせり むとしたり | んとせり んとしたり | n to seri n to sitari |