Appendix:Gikun Usage in Meiji Version of Japanese Bible/好合ふ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
好	合
あ
Grade: 4	Grade: 2
jukujikun

Etymology

From 合ふ (au, “to join”), applying the 義訓 (gikun, “meaning reading”) to 好合 (kōgō, “intimacy”), to denote “joining together in love”.

Verb

好合(あ)ふ • (au) intransitive ^†yodan

1. to cleave to
   • Book of Genesis 2:24 (page 3)

     是(この)故(ゆゑ)に人(ひと)は其(その)父(ちゝ)母(はゝ)を離(はな)れて其(その)妻(つま)に好合(あ)ひ二人(ふたり)一(いつ)体(たい)となるべし

     Kono yue ni hito wa sono chichi-haha o hanarete, sono tsuma ni ai, futari ittai to naru beshi

     Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

     [Note: A most fitting verb used in this Bible translation to indicate the state of marriage.]

Conjugation

Classical conjugation of "好合ふ" (ハ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	好合は	あは	afa
Continuative (連用形)	好合ひ	あひ	afi
Terminal (終止形)	好合ふ	あふ	afu
Attributive (連体形)	好合ふ	あふ	afu
Realis (已然形)	好合へ	あへ	afe
Imperative (命令形)	好合へ	あへ	afe
Key constructions
Negative	好合はず	あはず	afazu
Contrasting conjunction	好合へど	あへど	afedo
Causal conjunction	好合へば	あへば	afeba
Conditional conjunction	好合はば	あはば	afaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	好合ひき	あひき	afiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	好合ひけり	あひけり	afikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action)	好合ひつ	あひつ	afitu
Perfect tense (natural event)	好合ひぬ	あひぬ	afinu
Perfect-continuative tense	好合へり 好合ひたり	あへり あひたり	aferi afitari
Volitional	好合はむ	あはむ	afamu