いで

See also: いて

Japanese

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Interjection

いで • (ide) 

1. Come! (used to verbally urge the addressee when calling them closer)

Usage notes

Used in more limited contexts compared to other words such as さあ (sā).

Etymology 2

井 (i, “well”) + 手 (te, “hand”), with rendaku.

Noun

いで • (ide) ^{←ゐで (wide)?}

1. 井手: (archaic) A dam used to divert water for irrigation.

Proper noun

いで • (Ide) ^{←ゐで (Wide)?}

1. 井手: a surname

Etymology 3

From ずて (zute). Early Middle Japanese.

Suffix

いで • (-ide) 

1. (Classical Japanese) Attaches to the 未然形 (mizenkei, “irrealis or incomplete form”) of verbs to form the negative conjunctive, equivalent to modern ないで (-naide).