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sigla

English

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Late Latin sigla.

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sigla

  1. plural of siglum

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Late Latin sigla, plural of siglum (“abbreviation”).

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sigla f (plural sigles)

  1. initial (first letter of a word)
  2. initialism

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Faroese

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sigla (third person singular past indicative sigldi, third person plural past indicative siglt, supine siglt)

  1. to sail

Conjugation

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Conjugation of sigla (group v-1)
infinitive sigla
supine siglt
present past
first singular sigli sigldi
second singular siglir sigldi
third singular siglir sigldi
plural sigla sigldu
participle (a7)1 siglandi sigldur
imperative
singular sigl!
plural siglið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

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sigla

  1. third-person singular past historic of sigler

Icelandic

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse sigla, from Proto-Germanic *siglijaną.

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sigla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sigldi, supine siglt)

  1. to sail
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sigla – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur að sigla
supine sagnbót siglt
present participle
lýsingarháttur nútíðar
 siglandi
indicative
framsöguháttur
 subjunctive
viðtengingarháttur
present
nútíð
 past
þátíð
 present
nútíð
 past
þátíð
singular ég sigli sigldi sigli sigldi
þú siglir sigldir siglir sigldir
hann, hún, það siglir sigldi sigli sigldi
plural við siglum sigldum siglum sigldum
þið siglið siglduð siglið siglduð
þeir, þær, þau sigla sigldu sigli sigldu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú sigl (þú), sigldu
plural þið siglið (þið), sigliði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
sigldur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		sigldur sigld siglt sigldir sigldar sigld
accusative
(þolfall) 		sigldan siglda siglt siglda sigldar sigld
dative
(þágufall) 		sigldum sigldri sigldu sigldum sigldum sigldum
genitive
(eignarfall) 		siglds sigldrar siglds sigldra sigldra sigldra
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		sigldi siglda siglda sigldu sigldu sigldu
accusative
(þolfall) 		siglda sigldu siglda sigldu sigldu sigldu
dative
(þágufall) 		siglda sigldu siglda sigldu sigldu sigldu
genitive
(eignarfall) 		siglda sigldu siglda sigldu sigldu sigldu

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Noun

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sigla f (genitive singular siglu, nominative plural siglur)

  1. mast
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Declension of sigla (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sigla siglan siglur siglurnar
accusative siglu sigluna siglur siglurnar
dative siglu siglunni siglum siglunum
genitive siglu siglunnar siglna siglnanna

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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sigla f (plural sigle)

  1. acronym, abbreviation, initialism
  2. (in the plural) initials
  3. monogram
  4. theme song, leitmotif, short melody that opens or closes a radio/television broadcast (see: avansigla)
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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sigla

  1. inflection of siglare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

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Noun

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sigla

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of siglum

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  • “sigla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sigla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse sigla. Akin to English sail.

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sigla (imperative sigl, present tense sigler or siglar, simple past siglde or sigla, past participle siglt or sigla, present participle siglande)

  1. (nautical) to sail
    Skipet sigler til Amerika.
    The ship is sailing to America.

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin sigla, plural of siglum (“abbreviation”).

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  • Hyphenation: si‧gla

Noun

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sigla f (plural siglas)

  1. initialism (word formed by initial letters)
  2. acronym (abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words)
  3. monogram (letter or other symbol that stands for a word or name)

Usage notes

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Some make a distinction between sigla and acrónimo, where acrónimo is an acronym pronounced as if it were a single word and sigla one where each letter is pronounced individually.

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Medieval Latin sigla, a feminine singular reinterpreted from a neuter plural of Late Latin siglum (“abbreviation”).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsiɡla/ [ˈsi.ɣ̞la]
  • Rhymes: -iɡla
  • Syllabification: si‧gla

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sigla f (plural siglas)

  1. initial
  2. acronym (of any type: phonetic acronym or initialism)

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit शीघ्र (śīghra, “swift; quick; speedy”).[1][2] Compare Kapampangan sigla, Tausug sigla', and Malay segera.

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siglá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜄ᜔ᜎ)

  1. enthusiasm; fervor; zeal
    Synonyms: sigasig, interes, apan, sigya
  2. animation; liveliness
    Synonyms: sigsa, buhay

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References

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  1. ^ Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 297
  2. ^ Trinidad Hermenegildo Pardo de Tavera (1887) El sanscrito en la lengua tagalog‎[1] (in Spanish), Paris: Imprimerie de la Faculté de Médecine, A. Davy, page 51

Further reading

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  • “sigla”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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