also: むず · うず
auxiliary verb
will probably; likely to
Archaic auxiliary expressing conjecture about a future event. Attaches to the 未然形 (irrealis stem) of verbs. Equivalent to modern だろう or でしょう.
「花咲かむず」は、花が咲くだろうという意味の古い言い方です。
「花咲かむず」 is an old way of saying 'the flowers will probably bloom'.
auxiliary verb
intend to; will
Archaic auxiliary expressing volition or intention. Also attaches to the 未然形. Similar to modern う・よう for volition.
「行かむず」は、行こう、行くつもりだという意志を表す古語です。
「行かむず」 is an archaic expression meaning 'I intend to go' or 'I will go'.
auxiliary verb
Archaic auxiliary expressing obligation or appropriateness. Rare even in classical texts; often replaced by べし in similar contexts.
古典では「然るむず」のように、当然そうすべきだという意味で使われることがあります。
In classical texts, it is sometimes used as in 「然るむず」 to mean 'it should be so'.
Modern conjectural auxiliary; the everyday equivalent of んず for probability.
Modern volitional auxiliary; corresponds to the volitional use of んず.
Derived from the classical auxiliary む (mu) combined with the verb す (su, 'to do'), originally むす (musu), which contracted to むず (muzu) and further to んず (nzu) and うず (uzu). The exact historical development is uncertain, but it is an archaic form not used in modern Japanese.