jussive
nounEtymology
From Latin jussus, perfect participle of jubeō (“to order, command”). Related to Latin iūs (“law, order”). Latin juss- + -ive.
- borrowed from jussus
Definitions
The jussive mood, a verb inflection used to indicate a command, permission or agreement…
The jussive mood, a verb inflection used to indicate a command, permission or agreement with a request; an instance of a verb so inflected.
- For example, in the Aaronide blessing, only two of the six verbs are formally jussives, yet all have the same volitional sense.
- 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.
- 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).
A verbal mood of vague or miscellaneous senses, occurring after some particles and in…
A verbal mood of vague or miscellaneous senses, occurring after some particles and in conditional clauses.
Of or in the jussive mood.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA