落おつ

nidan verb (upper class) with 'tsu' ending (archaic), intransitive verb

to fall; to drop

Archaic intransitive verb, equivalent to modern 落ちる. Used in classical Japanese texts. The kanji 落つ is the most general; 墜つ suggests falling from a height or crashing; 堕つ implies a moral or spiritual fall.

See also: 落ちる

• 花はなびらが地ちに落おつ。

  The petals fall to the ground.

• 古こ語ごでは「落おつ」は「おつ」と読よまれ、現げん代だいの「落おちる」に相そう当とうする。

  In classical Japanese, 落つ is read as おつ and corresponds to modern 落ちる.