"贖う" meaning in Japanese

See 贖う in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: 贖う [canonical] (ruby: (あが)), agau [romanization], agafu [romanization], 贖い [stem] (ruby: (あが)), 贖った [past] (ruby: (あが))
Etymology: agap-u → agaɸ-u → *agaw-u → aga-u. Head templates: {{ja-verb|あがう|hhira=あがふ|type=1}} 贖(あが)う • (agau) ^(←あがふ (agafu)?)godan (stem 贖(あが)い (agai), past 贖(あが)った (agatta))
  1. to atone for one's sins
    Sense id: en-贖う-ja-verb-W8IBMine Categories (other): Japanese godan verbs ending with -u, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -u: 31 38 31 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 33 34 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 34 33 34 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 31 38 31 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 32 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 32 34
  2. to obtain something with compensation; to purchase
    Sense id: en-贖う-ja-verb-41Aahl~I Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -u, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese verbs without transitivity, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 27 46 27 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -u: 31 38 31 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 31 39 31 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 30 41 30 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 33 34 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 34 33 34 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 31 38 31 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 29 43 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 32 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 32 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: [a̠ɡa̠na̠ɯ̟] Forms: 贖う [canonical] (ruby: (あがな)), aganau [romanization], aganafu [romanization], 贖い [stem] (ruby: (あがな)), 贖った [past] (ruby: (あがな))
Etymology: aganap-u → aganaɸ-u → *aganaw-u → agana-u. From earlier verb 贖う (agau, “atone”), suffixed with the stem なう (nau). Head templates: {{ja-verb|あがなう|hhira=あがなふ|type=1}} 贖(あがな)う • (aganau) ^(←あがなふ (aganafu)?)godan (stem 贖(あがな)い (aganai), past 贖(あがな)った (aganatta))
  1. to atone for one's sins Derived forms: 贖い (aganai) (ruby: (あがな)) Related terms: 償う (tsugunau) (ruby: (つぐな))
    Sense id: en-贖う-ja-verb-W8IBMine1 Categories (other): Japanese godan verbs ending with -u, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -u: 31 38 31 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 33 34 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 34 33 34 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 31 38 31 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 32 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 32 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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