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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)
- (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.
- Relating to sigmatics.
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French sigmatique.
Adjective
sigmatic m or n (feminine singular sigmatică, masculine plural sigmatici, feminine and neuter plural sigmatice)
- sigmatic
Declension