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jussive en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• [ˈd͡ʒʌsɪv] (General-American)

Etymology

From Latin jussus, perfect participle of jubeō (“to order, command”). Related to Latin iūs (“law, order”). Latin juss- + -ive.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or in the jussive mood.

Deriveds

jussivity · nonjussive · jussively

Translations (9)

ca jussiu (of or in the jussive mood) · es yusivo (of or in the jussive mood) · bg повелителен (of or in the jussive mood) · sv jussiv (of or in the jussive mood) · pl ścięty (of or in the jussive mood) · pt jussivo (of or in the jussive mood) · fi jussiivi- (of or in the jussive mood) · it iussivo (of or in the jussive mood) · ar مجزوم (of or in the jussive mood)

jussive en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• [ˈd͡ʒʌsɪv] (General-American)

Etymology

From Latin jussus, perfect participle of jubeō (“to order, command”). Related to Latin iūs (“law, order”). Latin juss- + -ive.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable, usually) The jussive mood, a verb inflection used to indicate a command, permission or agreement with a request; an instance of a verb so inflected.
   • As far as the jussive goes — ignoring the very few occurrences of this in first person — it can be noted that most of the second-person jussives are in negative commands. 2003, Robert E. Longacre, Joseph: A Story of Divine Providence: A Text Theoretical and Textlinguistic Analysis of Genesis 37 and 39-48, 2nd edition, footnote, page 121:
   • The jussive and cohortative usually convey more indirect, or more subtle, expressions of volition than the imperative does. 2006, Robert Ray Ellis, Learning to Read Biblical Hebrew: An Introductory Grammar, page 174:
   • If, on the other hand, reference is made purely to the root, we would expect all frequentative jussives to appear with a front element, producing *mɨt′ət′ɨs instead of mɨt′ət′ɨs (19d). 2003, Sharon Rose, “The formation of Ethiopian Semitic internal reduplication”, in Joseph Shimron, editor, Language Processing and Acquisition in Languages of Semitic, Root-Based, Morphology, page 90:
   • For example, in the Aaronide blessing, only two of the six verbs are formally jussives, yet all have the same volitional sense. 1990, Bruce K. Waltke, Michael Patrick O′Connor, An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax, page 566:
2. (Arabic, uncountable, usually) A verbal mood of vague or miscellaneous senses, occurring after some particles and in conditional clauses.

Forms

Synonyms

apocopate

Translations (15)

la modus jussivus (jussive mood) · es yusivo (jussive mood) · bg повелително наклонение (jussive mood) · cmn 要求語氣 /要求语气 (jussive mood) · ru юсси́в (jussive mood) · pt jussivo (jussive mood) · fr jussif (jussive mood) · de Apokopat (jussive mood) · ko 간접명령법 (jussive mood) · ja 要求法 (jussive mood) · de Jussiv (jussive mood) · pl tryb ścięty (jussive mood) · ar مَجْزُوم (jussive mood) · fi jussiivi (jussive mood) · it iussivo (jussive mood)