digma
Latin
Etymology
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Latin dīgma
Borrowed from Ancient Greek δεῖγμα (deîgma).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈdiːɡ.ma]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈdiɡ.ma]
Noun
dīgma n (genitive dīgmatis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dīgma | dīgmata |
| genitive | dīgmatis | dīgmatum |
| dative | dīgmatī | dīgmatibus |
| accusative | dīgma | dīgmata |
| ablative | dīgmate | dīgmatibus |
| vocative | dīgma | dīgmata |
References
- “digma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “digma”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- rigma — dialectal, Rizal, informal
Etymology
Ultimately from Sanskrit जिह्म (jihma, “arthwart; opposition”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /diɡˈmaʔ/ [d̪ɪɡˈmaʔ]
- Rhymes: -aʔ
- Syllabification: dig‧ma
Noun
digmâ (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜄ᜔ᜋ)
- war
- attack against an enemy country
- (figurative) campaign against something bad (such as gambling, drugs, etc.)
Derived terms
- bapor-pandigma
- digmaan
- digmaang-bayan
- digmain
- eroplanong pandigma
- Ikalawang Digmaang Pandaigdig
- kadigmaan
- magdigmaan
- makidigma
- makipagdigma
- makipagdigmaan
- mandirigma
- mapandigma
- pakikidigma
- pakikipagdigmaan
- paladigma
- pandigma
- Unang Digmaang Pandaigdig
Further reading
- “digma”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
- “digma”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
- Zorc, David Paul (1982), Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 3, page 122