cohortative

== English == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kəʊˈhɔː(ɹ)tətɪv/ === Adjective === cohortative (not comparable) (grammar, of a verb) Inflected to express plea, insistence, imploring, self-encouragement, wish, desire, intent, command, purpose, or consequence. Encouraging. ==== Usage notes ==== The cohortative mood is similar to the jussive mood, except that it applies only to verbs in the first person. Although the cohortative mood is absent from English, it is present in Hebrew. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== hortative exhortative hortatory === Noun === cohortative (plural cohortatives) (grammar) The cohortative mood.