sigmatic

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adjective

Having the consonant s added to the root in order to form a tense or case stem.

Opposite
asigmatic
OriginAncient Greek σῖγμᾰ →
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Meanings

adjectivesigmatic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablehuman sciencesHaving 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

    Antonyms: asigmatic

  2. not comparableRelating to sigmatics.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveHaving the consonant s added to the root in order to form a tense or case stem.

Opposite
asigmatic

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekσῖγμᾰ
  2. Englishsigmatic

From the name of the letter s in Greek, Ancient Greek σῖγμᾰ (sîgmă) (stem σῑ́γμᾰτ- (sī́gmăt-)) + -ic.

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Translations

Catalan sigmàtic
  • sigmàticlinguistics
French sigmatique
  • sigmatiquelinguistics
Polish sygmatyczny
  • sygmatycznylinguistics
Romanian sigmatic
  • sigmaticlinguistics
Russian сигматический
  • сигматический (sigmatíčeskij)linguistics
Spanish sigmático
  • sigmáticolinguistics
Cite this entry
APA

sigmatic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sigmatic

MLA

“sigmatic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sigmatic. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sigmatic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sigmatic.

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