赤あかむ

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

turn red; become reddish; become discolored

Archaic intransitive verb. In modern Japanese, 赤くなる or 赤らむ are used instead. The gloss 'rufous' is a technical color term; 'reddish-brown' may be more accessible.

• 古こ語ごでは、葉はが赤あかむことを「あかむ」と言いった。

  In classical Japanese, leaves turning red was expressed as あかむ.

nidan verb (lower class) with 'mu' ending (archaic), transitive verb

redden; make red; blush

Archaic transitive verb. The modern equivalent is 赤める. The cross-reference to 赤める supports this relationship.

See also: 赤める

• 「赤あかむ」は他た動どう詞しとしても使つかわれたが、今いまは「赤あかめる」が一いっ般ぱん的てきだ。

  赤む was also used as a transitive verb, but nowadays 赤める is common.