御ご座ざ有ある

Meanings

yodan verb with 'ru' ending (archaic), intransitive verb

archaichonorific or respectful (sonkeigo)

Archaic honorific verb equivalent to modern ございます; used to describe the existence or state of a respected person or thing.

ここに御ご座ざ有あるは、主しゅの書しょ物もつにて候そうろう。
What is here is the master's book.

yodan verb with 'ru' ending (archaic), intransitive verb

to come; to go

archaichonorific or respectful (sonkeigo)

Archaic honorific verb for movement; used when a respected person comes or goes. Modern equivalent is いらっしゃる.

殿とのは明日あす、都みやこへ御ご座ざ有ある。
The lord will go to the capital tomorrow.

auxiliary verb, yodan verb with 'ru' ending (archaic)

to be (doing)

archaichonorific or respectful (sonkeigo)

Archaic honorific auxiliary verb attached to the ～て form of a verb or the particle で; indicates a continuing state or action of a respected person. Equivalent to modern ～ていらっしゃる or ～てございます.

お待まちして御ご座ざ有ある。
I am waiting (humble/respectful, archaic).

Kanji

御honorable, manipulate, govern
座squat, seat, cushion
有possess, have, exist
在exist, outskirts, suburbs

Related words

ございます
Modern polite equivalent of 御座有る for 'to be/exist'; used in standard polite speech.
いらっしゃる
Modern honorific verb for 'to come/go/be'; replaces the movement sense of 御座有る.
ある
Plain non-honorific verb for 'to be/exist' (inanimate); 御座有る is its archaic honorific counterpart.

Written forms

御ご座ざ有ある
Archaic kanji spelling; the modern equivalent is ございます.
御ご座ざ在ある
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji variant.

Etymology

Compound of 御座 (goza, 'seat', honorific prefix 御 + 座) + 有る (aru, 'to be'). Literally 'to be seated', which developed into a general honorific verb for existence and later an auxiliary. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it is the predecessor of modern ございます.