jussive
English · Français · Deutsch · Thesaurus
AI In plain words
Writing a short explanation…
Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.
jussive
- [ˈd͡ʒʌsɪv] US
Where it comes from
From Latin jussus, perfect participle of jubeō (“to order, command”). Related to Latin iūs (“law, order”). Latin juss- + -ive.
noun jussives
- 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.
-
A verbal mood of vague or miscellaneous senses, occurring after some particles and in conditional clauses.
Similar: apocopate
adjective
- Of or in the jussive mood.
Translations
Talk about this word "jussive." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/jussive. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. jussive. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/jussive "jussive." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/jussive.Cite this
@misc{jussive_2026,
title = {jussive},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jussive},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
