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I have come across this grammar a lot lately:

> 連用形+ゆる

For example, in [this
comment](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/13938/why-did-asahi-
shinbun-write-%E5%AD%90%E3%81%93%E3%81%A9%E3%82%82-instead-
of-%E5%AD%90%E4%BE%9B%E3%81%93%E3%81%A9%E3%82%82-in-this-
headline#comment30088_13940),

> 文語と現代語を交じたる文はインターネットで **見ゆる** なあ

I've also heard しゆる. Judging from the context I think that this grammar is
similar to the potential form. So 見ゆる is basically 見える and しゆる is できる.

Am I right? How do the two grammars differ?
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grammar classical-japanese potential-form
What is this 連用形+ゆる grammar? How is it different from the potential form?
見ゆ is an archaic ヤ行 verb meaning 見える in modern Japanese. 見ゆる is the
attributive form (連体形) of 見ゆ.

  * [古文単語「みゆ/見ゆ」の意味・解説【ヤ行下二段活用】](http://manapedia.jp/text/4191)

In modern Japanese, there is no verb that ends with ゆ, but in archaic Japanese
some verbs ended with ゆ.

  * [燃ゆ](http://kobun.weblio.jp/content/%E7%87%83%E3%82%86) (=燃える in modern Japanese)
  * [覚ゆ](http://kobun.weblio.jp/content/%E8%A6%9A%E3%82%86) (=覚える in modern Japanese)

Etymologically, yes, ゆ was an archaic auxiliary verb which was used similarly
to れる/られる. See [ゆ (as a 助動詞)](http://kobun.weblio.jp/content/%E3%82%86) in a
古語辞典.

見ゆ is still occasionally used in titles and such
([example](https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00Y9J5OCW)), but 見ゆるなあ sounds to me
like a strange mixture of modern and archaic Japanese.
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