給たまう

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Meanings

1

godan verb (-u), transitive verb

give; bestow; grant

honorific or respectful (sonkeigo)

Honorific verb used when a superior or respected person gives something to the speaker or to someone of lower status. Formal and somewhat old-fashioned; in modern Japanese, くださる is more common.

神かみが我われらに恵めぐみを給たまう。
God bestows grace upon us.

陛へい下かよりお言こと葉ばを給たもうた。

We received words from His Majesty.

2

suffix, godan verb (-u)

please do ...; kindly do ...

honorific or respectful (sonkeigo)

Honorific suffix attached to the -masu stem of a verb to form a polite request or command. Archaic and literary; in modern Japanese, ～てください or ～たまえ (from 給え) are used instead. The cross-reference 給え is the imperative form.