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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From στίζω (stízō) + -μή (-mḗ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stiŋ.mɛ̌ː/ → /stiɣˈmi/ → /stiɣˈmi/
Noun
στῐγμή • (stigmḗ) f (genitive στῐγμῆς); first declension
- spot
- moment of time, instant
Inflection
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “στιγμή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “στιγμή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- στιγμή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- dot idem, page 247.
- jot idem, page 464.
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek στιγμή (stigmḗ, “point”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stiɣˈmi/
- Hyphenation: στιγ‧μή
Noun
στιγμή • (stigmí) f (plural στιγμές)
- (time) moment, instant, jiffy
- περιμένετε μια στιγμή ― periménete mia stigmí ― wait a moment
- (typography) point (unit)
- (typography, linguistics) full stop
Declension
Related terms
- μονοστιγμίς (monostigmís, “instantaneously, in one moment”)
- στιγμιαίος (stigmiaíos, “instantaneous”)
- στιγμιότυπο n (stigmiótypo, “still, snapshot”)
- στιγμόμετρο n (stigmómetro, “points ruler, typographic ruler”)
- υποστιγμή f (ypostigmí, “comma”)
- στίγμα n (stígma, “stigma, mark”)