JUSSIVE

Etymology

Adjective

jussive (not comparable)

(grammar) Of or in the jussive mood (see below)

Noun

jussive (usually uncountable, plural jussives)

(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 jussive mood is similar to the cohortative mood, except that it also applies to verbs in the second and third person. The jussive mood is absent from English; it is present in Hebrew, Arabic, and Esperanto.

Synonyms

• (in Arabic grammar) apocopate

Source: Wiktionary



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