sigmatic

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^[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.

Derived terms

• unsigmatic

Translations

linguistics

• Catalan: sigmàtic
• French: sigmatique (fr)
• Polish: sygmatyczny
• Romanian: sigmatic (ro)
• Russian: сигматический (ru) (sigmatíčeskij)
• Spanish: sigmático

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sigmatique.

Adjective

sigmatic m or n (feminine singular sigmatică, masculine plural sigmatici, feminine/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