生いく井い

noun

eternal well; well that never runs dry

Archaic term for a well with a perpetual water supply. Not used in modern Japanese outside historical or literary contexts.

• 古こ文ぶん書しょには「生いく井い」という言こと葉ばが、尽つきることのない井い戸どを指さして使つかわれている。

  In old documents, the word 生井 is used to refer to a well that never runs dry.