生いく

prefix

vital; virile; lively

Archaic prefix meaning 'full of life' or 'vigorous'. Found only in a few old compounds; not productive in modern Japanese.

• 「生いく血ち」の「生いく」は、古ふるくは「いく」と読よまれ、活かつ力りょくのある血ちを意い味みした。

  In the old compound 生血, 生 was read いく and meant vital, life-giving blood.