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French
Etymology
From Latin jussio (“order”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
jussif (feminine jussive, masculine plural jussifs, feminine plural jussives)
- (grammar) of, or in, the jussive mood
- Synonyms: impératif, injonctif
2017 June 2, Marie-Dominique Porée, chapter 12, in Grammaire Français Pour Nuls, page 197:De son étymologie même « joindre dessous », il induit quelque chose qui ressemble à un ordre. On parle alors d’un subjonctif jussif. Dans les phrases indépendantes ou principales, on rencontre souvent : qu’il vienne ! Qu’elle fasse cela avant mon retour ! On l’emploie aux personnes qui n’existent pas à l’impératif.- From its very etymology "join underneath", it indicates something that resembles an order. One speaks then of a jussive subjunctive. In independent or main sentences, we often find: "Let him come!", "Let her do this before I return!" We use it with persons that do not exist in the imperative.
Noun
jussif m (plural jussifs)
- (grammar) a jussive; the inflection of a verb expressing a command
- Synonyms: impératif, injonctive
- (Arabic, grammar) a verbal mood fulfilling the role of the optative, conditional, & polite imperative
1910, Carl Brockelmann, translated by Marcel Samuel Raphaël Cohen and William Marçais, Précis de linguistique sémitique, page 150:L'hébreu et le moabite commencent la narration en employant le parfait, puis la continuent à l'imparfait avec ua- ; on emploie le jussif dans les verbes qui en ont conservé une forme distincte (v. ci-dessous § 200).- Hebrew & Moabite start narration with the perfect, then continue it in the imperfect with ua-; one uses the jussive with verbs that have preserved a distinct form for it (v. ci-dessous § 200).
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