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否む · godan verb (-mu)

Meanings

godan verb (-mu), transitive verb

Used for turning down offers, requests, or invitations. Often formal or written.

godan verb (-mu), transitive verb

Usually used in the negative form 否めない, meaning 'cannot deny' or 'undeniable'. Rarely used affirmatively.

〈事こと〉を否いなむto refuse/decline something (an offer, request, etc.)
彼かれは転てん勤きんの申もうし出でを否いなんだ。
He declined the offer of a transfer.
〈事こと〉は否いなめないit cannot be denied that ~
彼かれの努ど力りょくが結けっ果かにつながったことは否いなめない。
It cannot be denied that his effort led to the result.

断ことわるN3sense 1
断る is the everyday word for refusing an offer or request, while 否む is a more formal, literary term for the same act.
否ひ定ていN3sense 2
否定する is the standard, productive verb for 'to deny' in any context, while 否む's denial sense survives mainly in the fixed form 否めない.
拒こばむN1sense 1
拒む conveys a stronger, more active resistance or rejection, whereas 否む is a milder, more formal refusal.

承しょう諾だくN2sense 1
承諾する means to consent or agree, the opposite of 否む's sense of refusing an offer or request.
認みとめるN3sense 2
認める means to acknowledge or admit something, the opposite of 否む's denial sense as in 否めない.

The kanji 否 means 'no' or 'negate', and the verb ending む is an old verbal suffix. The reading いなむ is of native Japanese origin.