sigmatic

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English

Etymology

From the name of the letter s in Greek, Ancient Greek σῖγμᾰ (sîgmă) (stem σῑ́γμᾰτ- (sī́gmăt-)) +‎ -ic.

Adjective

sigmatic (not comparable)

  1. (linguistics) Having the consonant s added to the root in order to form a tense or case stem.
    Antonym: asigmatic
    • 2009, Gabriël Bakkum, The Latin dialect of the Ager Faliscus: 150 years of scholarship, Amsterdam: Vossiuspers UvA, →ISBN, page 157:
      The sigmatic perfect, which continues the old sigmatic aorist, occurs in Latin but not in the Sabellic languages.
  2. Relating to sigmatics.

Translations

References

  1. ^ sigmatic”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sigmatique.

Adjective

sigmatic m or n (feminine singular sigmatică, masculine plural sigmatici, feminine and neuter plural sigmatice)

  1. sigmatic

Declension

Declension of sigmatic
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite sigmatic sigmatică sigmatici sigmatice
definite sigmaticul sigmatica sigmaticii sigmaticele
genitive-
dative
indefinite sigmatic sigmatice sigmatici sigmatice
definite sigmaticului sigmaticei sigmaticilor sigmaticelor