うるむ

Japanese

Alternative spelling
潤む

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) うるむ [ùrúꜜmù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ɾɯ̟mɯ̟]

Verb

うるむ • (urumu) ^{←うるむ (urumu)?}godan (stem うるみ (urumi), past うるんだ (urunda))

1. to be wet or moist, especially from tears in the eyes

   潤(うる)む目(め)

   urumu me

   eyes holding back tears

Conjugation

Conjugation of "うるむ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	うるま	uruma
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	うるみ	urumi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	うるむ	urumu
Rentaikei ("attributive")	うるむ	urumu
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	うるめ	urume
Meireikei ("imperative")	うるめ	urume
Key constructions
Passive	うるまれる	urumareru
Causative	うるませる うるます	urumaseru urumasu
Potential	うるめる	urumeru
Volitional	うるもう	urumō
Negative	うるまない	urumanai
Negative continuative	うるまず	urumazu
Formal	うるみます	urumimasu
Perfective	うるんだ	urunda
Conjunctive	うるんで	urunde
Hypothetical conditional	うるめば	urumeba

Classical conjugation of "うるむ" (マ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	うるま		uruma
Continuative (連用形)	うるみ		urumi
Terminal (終止形)	うるむ		urumu
Attributive (連体形)	うるむ		urumu
Realis (已然形)	うるめ		urume
Imperative (命令形)	うるめ		urume
Key constructions
Negative	うるまず		urumazu
Contrasting conjunction	うるめど		urumedo
Causal conjunction	うるめば		urumeba
Conditional conjunction	うるまば		urumaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	うるみき		urumiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	うるみけり		urumikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action)	うるみつ		urumitu
Perfect tense (natural event)	うるみぬ		uruminu
Perfect-continuative tense	うるめり うるみたり		urumeri urumitari
Volitional	うるまむ		urumamu