多ふおおう

おおう · ooi

JLPT N5 i-adjective 連用形

多ふ is the masu-stem of 多し — many, numerous, a lot.

Classical Japanese — you’ll mostly meet it in older texts and set phrases

Full entry for 多い

How it’s built

多し多ふ

Masu-stem (連用形). The base for ます, たい and ながら, and the way to link two actions: 書き → 書きます.

This spelling is the version with う (sound change, mostly in polite or older speech).

多し is a classical japanese conjugation, so it follows that pattern.