sigmatic

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English

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Etymology

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From the name of the letter s in Greek, Ancient Greek σῖγμᾰ (sîgma) (stem σῑ́γμᾰτ- (sī́gmat-)) +‎ -ic.[1]

Adjective

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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[1], 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

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References

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

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French sigmatique.

Adjective

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

  1. sigmatic

Declension

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