For example, in the Aaronide blessing, only two of the six verbs are formally jussives, yet all have the same volitional sense.
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Jussive
Synonyms for "jussive" (16 found)
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Closest matches (4)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (4)
Related words (8)
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Synonyms
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3 entrieshas context
2 entriesrelated to
3 entriesTranslations
24 translations across 16 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- مجزوم adj (of or in the jussive mood)
- مَجْزُوم noun (jussive mood)
Bulgarian
2 entries- повелителен adj (of or in the jussive mood)
- повелително наклонение noun (jussive mood)
Catalan
1 entries- jussiu adj (of or in the jussive mood)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 要求語氣 /要求语气 noun (jussive mood)
Finnish
2 entries- jussiivi adj (of or in the jussive mood)
- jussiivi noun (jussive mood)
French
1 entries- jussif noun (jussive mood)
German
2 entries- Apokopat noun (jussive mood)
- Jussiv noun (jussive mood)
Italian
2 entries- iussivo adj (of or in the jussive mood)
- iussivo noun (jussive mood)
Japanese
1 entries- 要求法 noun (jussive mood)
Korean
1 entries- 간접명령법 noun (jussive mood)
Latin
1 entries- modus jussivus noun (jussive mood)
Polish
2 entries- ścięty adj (of or in the jussive mood)
- tryb ścięty noun (jussive mood)
Portuguese
2 entries- jussivo adj (of or in the jussive mood)
- jussivo noun (jussive mood)
Russian
1 entries- юсси́в noun (jussive mood)
Spanish
2 entries- yusivo adj (of or in the jussive mood)
- yusivo noun (jussive mood)
Swedish
1 entries- jussiv adj (of or in the jussive mood)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
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.
Source: wiktionary
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).
Source: wiktionary
The jussive and cohortative usually convey more indirect, or more subtle, expressions of volition than the imperative does.
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