Definitions For Jussive

Noun

JUSSIVE (plural - or s) (grammar, uncountable, and, countable) The jussive mood, a verb inflection used to indicate a command, permission or agreement with a request; an instance of a verb so inflected. (Arabic, _, grammar) A verbal mood of vague or miscellaneous senses, occurring after some particles and in conditional clauses.

Usage notes

The w:jussive mood, jussive mood is similar to the cohortative mood, except that it also applies to verbs in the second person, second and third person. The jussive mood is absent from English; it is present in Hebrew, arabic, and esperanto.

Synonyms

{{qualifier, in Arabic grammar}} apocopate

Translations

Arabic: مَجْزُوم, m Bulgarian: повелително наклонение Chinese: : Mandarin: 要求語氣}}, {{t, cmn, 要求语气 (yāoqiú-yǔqì) Finnish: jussiivi French: jussif, m German: Jussiv, m; {{i, in Arabic grammar usually:}} Apokopat, m Japanese: 要求法 (ようきゅうほう, yōkyū-hō, sc=Jpan) Latin: modus jussivus, m Portuguese: jussivo, m Russian: юсси́в, m Spanish: yusivo, m

Adjective

(not comparable) (grammar) Of or in the jussive mood (see below)

Translations

Arabic: مجزوم, m (majzūm) Bulgarian: повелителен Catalan: jussiu Finnish: jussiivi- Italian: iussivo Portuguese: jussivo, m Swedish: jussiv, n

Etymology

From {{etyl, la, en}} iubeo, jubeō (variant of iubeō), 'to order, command'. Related to {{etyl, la, en}} ius, iūs, 'law, order'.