Jussiveness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being jussive. uncountable

    "Jussiveness is certainly a common factor of all four occurrences, but nʾ cannot be a simple verbal imperative ‘take!’ (with Samadi 115, to an unknown √*nā)."

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"Jussiveness is certainly a common factor of all four occurrences, but nʾ cannot be a simple verbal imperative ‘take!’ (with Samadi 115, to an unknown √*nā)."

Etymology

From jussive + -ness.

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