- jussive mood
- nouna mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior• Syn: ↑imperative mood, ↑imperative, ↑imperative form
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jussive — jus sive, a. (Grammar) Indicating or expressive of a mild command; as, the jussive case. n. The jussive case; a jussive mood, form, word, or construction. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
jussive — 1. adjective Inflected to indicate commands, permission or agreement with a request. The is similar to the cohortative mood, except that it also applies to verbs in the second and third person. Although the jussive mood is absent from English, it … Wiktionary
jussive — [jus′iv] adj. [< L jussus, a command (< jubere, to command < IE * yeu dh , to be in violent movement, fight > Sans yúdh , fighter) + IVE] Gram. expressing a command n. a jussive word, form, case, or mood … English World dictionary
jussive — noun Etymology: Latin jussus, past participle of jubēre to order; akin to Polish judzić to incite, Sanskrit yudhyati he fights Date: 1846 a word, form, case, or mood expressing command • jussive adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
jussive — /jus iv/, Gram. adj. 1. (esp. in Semitic languages) expressing a mild command. n. 2. a jussive form, mood, case, construction, or word. [1840 50; < L juss(us) (ptp. of jubere to command) + IVE] * * * … Universalium
jussive — jus•sive [[t]ˈdʒʌs ɪv[/t]] adj. 1) gram. (esp. in Semitic languages) of or pertaining to a grammatical form expressing a mild command 2) gram. a jussive form, mood, case, or word • Etymology: 1840–50; < L juss(us), ptp. of jubēre to command +… … From formal English to slang
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Grammatical mood — Grammatical categories Animacy Aspect Case Clusivity Definiteness Degree of comparison Evidentiality Focus … Wikipedia
Irrealis mood — Irrealis moods (abbreviated irr) are the main set of grammatical moods that indicate that a certain situation or action is not known to have happened as the speaker is talking. Every language has a formula for the unreal. The Indian languages of… … Wikipedia
Cohortative mood — The cohortative mood (also known as Intentional ; cohortative subjunctive is also synonymous with hortatory subjunctive ) is a grammatical mood, used to express plea, insistence, imploring, self encouragement, wish, desire, intent, command,… … Wikipedia
