"sigmatic" meaning in English

See sigmatic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From the name of the letter s in Greek, Ancient Greek σῖγμᾰ (sîgma) (stem σῑ́γμᾰτ- (sī́gmat-)) + -ic. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|σῖγμᾰ}} Ancient Greek σῖγμᾰ (sîgma), {{m|grc||σῑ́γμᾰτ-}} σῑ́γμᾰτ- (sī́gmat-), {{suffix|en||ic}} + -ic Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} sigmatic (not comparable)
  1. (linguistics) Having the consonant s added to the root in order to form a tense or case stem. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Linguistics Translations (linguistics): sygmatyczny (Polish)
    Sense id: en-sigmatic-en-adj-YSL4ie37 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ic Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 74 26 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'linguistics': 100 0
  2. Relating to sigmatics. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-sigmatic-en-adj-PQ8jA~EO

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