digamma

See also: Digamma

English

Etymology

di- +‎ gamma, from its shape resembling two stacked capital gammas (Γ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daɪˈɡæmə/
• Rhymes: -æmə

Noun

digamma (plural digammas)

1. Letter of the Old Greek alphabet: Ϝ, ϝ

Translations

letter of the Old Greek alphabet

• Catalan: digamma f
• Dutch: digamma m or f
• Esperanto: digamo (eo)
• Finnish: digamma (fi)
• French: digamma (fr) m
• German: Digamma (de) n
• Greek: δίγαμμα (el) n (dígamma)

• Interlingua: digamma
• Italian: digamma
• Malay: digama
• Polish: digamma (pl)
• Portuguese: digama m
• Russian: дига́мма (ru) f (digámma)

Coordinate terms

• digamma function
• Archaic Greek alphabet:

  Previous: epsilon (Ε)

  Next: zeta (Ζ)

Further reading

• Appendix:Greek script

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /diˈɡam.mə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /diˈɡam.ma/

Noun

digamma f (plural digammes)

1. Digamma; the obsolete Greek letter Ϝ (lowercase ϝ).

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Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English digamma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiɡɑmːɑ/, [ˈdiɡɑmːɑ]
• Rhymes: -iɡɑmːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): di‧gam‧ma

Noun

digamma

1. digamma

Declension

Inflection of digamma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		digamma	digammat
genitive		digamman	digammojen
partitive		digammaa	digammoja
illative		digammaan	digammoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		digamma	digammat
accusative	nom.	digamma	digammat
	gen.	digamman
genitive		digamman	digammojen digammainrare
partitive		digammaa	digammoja
inessive		digammassa	digammoissa
elative		digammasta	digammoista
illative		digammaan	digammoihin
adessive		digammalla	digammoilla
ablative		digammalta	digammoilta
allative		digammalle	digammoille
essive		digammana	digammoina
translative		digammaksi	digammoiksi
instructive		—	digammoin
abessive		digammatta	digammoitta
comitative		—	digammoineen

Possessive forms of digamma (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	digammani	digammamme
2nd person	digammasi	digammanne
3rd person	digammansa

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.ɡa.ma/

• Audio

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Noun

digamma m (plural digamma)

1. digamma (Greek letter)

Further reading

• “digamma”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Noun

digamma m (invariable)

1. digamma (Greek letter)

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Romanian

Etymology

From French digamma.

Noun

digamma f (uncountable)

1. digamma

Declension

declension of digamma (singular only)

	singular
f gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) digamma	digammaua
genitive/dative	(unei) -	-i
vocative

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diˈɡama/, [d̪iˈɣ̞a.ma]

Noun

digamma f (plural digammas)

1. digamma; the Greek letter Ϝ, ϝ

Further reading

• “digamma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014