digma

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δεῖγμα (deîgma).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdiːɡ.ma/, [ˈd̪iːɡmä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdiɡ.ma/, [ˈd̪iɡmä]

Noun

dīgma n (genitive dīgmatis); third declension

1. A specimen
2. An ensign on the shields of soldiers

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)

1. war

   Synonyms: giyera, digmaan

2. attack against an enemy country
3. (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, 2024
• “digma”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Zorc, David Paul (1982) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 3, page 122

Anagrams

• dag-im, dagim