subjunctive

English

Etymology

From Latin subjunctivus (“serving to join, connecting, in grammar applies to the subjunctive mode”), from subjungere (“to add, join, subjoin”), from sub (“under”) + jungere (“to join, yoke”); see join.

Adjective

subjunctive (not comparable)

1. (grammar, of a verb) inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact. English examples include so be it; I wouldn’t if I were you; were I a younger man, I would fight back; I asked that he leave.

Translations

possible, contingent, or hypothetical; not a fact

• Georgian: კავშირებითი (ka) (kavširebit'i)
• Irish: foshuiteach (ga)

• Scottish Gaelic: fo-leantach (gd)

Noun

subjunctive (countable and uncountable; plural subjunctives)

1. (grammar, uncountable) The subjunctive mood.
2. (countable) A form in the subjunctive mood.

Translations

subjunctive mood

• Breton: doare-sujañ (br) m
• Catalan: subjuntiu (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 虛擬語氣 (cmn), 虚拟语气 (cmn) (xūnǐ yǔqì)

• Dutch: aanvoegende wijs (nl) m
• Faroese: hugsháttur (fo) m
• Finnish: konjunktiivi (fi), subjunktiivi (fi)
• French: subjonctif (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Konjunktiv (de) m
• Greek: υποτακτική (el) (ipotakticí) f
• Icelandic: viðtengingarháttur (is) m
• Interlingua: subjunctivo (ia) m
• Irish: foshuiteach (ga) m
• Italian: congiuntivo (it) m

• Japanese: 接続法 (ja) (せつぞくほう, setsuzokuhō)
• Jèrriais: subjonctif m
• Korean: 가정법 (ko) (gajeongbeop) (假定法 (ko))
• Latin: subiunctivus (la) m
• Lithuanian: tariamoji nuosaka (lt)
• Norwegian: konjunktiv (no) m
• Persian: التزامی (fa) (eltezâmi)
• Polish: tryb łączący (pl) m
• Portuguese: subjuntivo (pt) m (Brazil); conjuntivo (pt) m (Portugal)
• Russian: сослагательное наклонение (ru) (soslagátel’noje naklonénije) n
• Serbo-Croatian: konjunktiv (sh) m, vezni način (sh) m
• Spanish: subjuntivo (es) m
• Swedish: konjunktiv (sv) c
• Vietnamese: lối cầu khẩn (vi)

Related terms

• subjoin

External links

• subjunctive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• subjunctive in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Interlingua

Adjective

subjunctive

1. subjunctive

Related terms

• subjunctivo

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Latin

Adjective

subjunctīve

1. vocative masculine singular of subjunctīvus