sigmatic en · ADJ
Etymology
From the name of the letter s in Greek, Ancient Greek σῖγμᾰ (sîgmă) (stem σῑ́γμᾰτ- (sī́gmăt-)) + -ic.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Having the consonant s added to the root in order to form a tense or case stem.
The sigmatic perfect, which continues the old sigmatic aorist, occurs in Latin but not in the Sabellic languages.
2009, Gabriël Bakkum, The Latin dialect of the Ager Faliscus: 150 years of scholarship, Amsterdam: Vossiuspers UvA, →ISBN, page 157:
- (not-comparable) Relating to sigmatics.
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Translations (6)
fr sigmatique (linguistics) · ru сигматический (linguistics) · es sigmático (linguistics) · ca sigmàtic (linguistics) · ro sigmatic (linguistics) · pl sygmatyczny (linguistics)