寝ぬ

寝ぬ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
寝
い Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese.

Compound 寝 (i, “sleep”, noun) +‎ 寝 (nu, “to sleep”, verb; root of modern verb 寝る (neru, “to sleep”)).[1]

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [inɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

寝ぬ (intransitive, shimo nidan conjugation, hiragana いぬ, rōmaji inu)

1. (obsolete) to sleep

See also

• 眠 (ねむ)る (nemuru)
• 寝 (ね)る (neru)

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan