jussive

English

Etymology

From Latin jussus, perfect participle of jubeō (variant of iubeō), 'to order, command'. Related to Latin iūs, 'law, order'.

Noun

jussive (usually uncountable, plural jussives)

1. (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.
   • 1990, Bruce K. Waltke, Michael Patrick O′Connor, An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax, page 566:

     For example, in the Aaronide blessing, only two of the six verbs are formally jussives, yet all have the same volitional sense.

   • 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:

     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, 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:

     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).

   • 2006, Robert Ray Ellis, Learning to Read Biblical Hebrew: An Introductory Grammar, page 174:

     The jussive and cohortative usually convey more indirect, or more subtle, expressions of volition than the imperative does.

2. (Arabic grammar) A verbal mood of vague or miscellaneous senses, occurring after some particles and in conditional clauses.

   Synonym: apocopate

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.

Translations

jussive mood

• Arabic: مَجْزُوم m (majzūm)
• Bulgarian: повелително наклонение (povelitelno naklonenie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 要求語氣／要求语气 (yāoqiú-yǔqì)

• Finnish: jussiivi (fi)
• French: jussif (fr) m
• German: Jussiv (de) m; (in Arabic grammar usually:) Apokopat (de) m
• Italian: iussivo (it)
• Japanese: 要求法 (ようきゅうほう, yōkyū-hō)
• Korean: 간접명령법 (ganjeommyeongnyeongbeop)
• Latin: modus jussivus m
• Polish: tryb ścięty m
• Portuguese: jussivo m
• Russian: юсси́в (ru) m (jussív)
• Spanish: yusivo m

Adjective

jussive (not comparable)

1. (grammar) Of or in the jussive mood.

Translations

of or in the jussive mood

• Arabic: مجزوم m (majzūm)
• Bulgarian: повелителен (bg) (povelitelen)
• Catalan: jussiu
• Finnish: jussiivi-
• Italian: iussivo (it)
• Portuguese: jussivo m
• Spanish: yusivo
• Swedish: jussiv n

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jusˈsi.ve/
• Rhymes: -ive
• Hyphenation: jus‧sì‧ve

Adjective

jussive

1. feminine plural of jussivo