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jussives

jussives is the plural of jussive.

Meaning of jussive

Noun

jussive (usually uncountable, plural jussives)

  1. (countable, uncountable, usually) 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.1990, Bruce K. Waltke, Michael Patrick O′Connor, An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax, page 566
  2. (Arabic, usually) A verbal mood of vague or miscellaneous senses, occurring after some particles and in conditional clauses.
    Synonyms:
    apocopate

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Questions about jussives

What is jussives the plural of?
Jussives is the plural of jussive.

Words near jussives in the dictionary

  1. Jussieuan
  2. Jussieuean
  3. jussive
  4. jussively
  5. jussiveness
  6. jussives
  7. jussivity
  8. jussory
  9. Jussy
  10. just
  11. just a minute

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