/par"euh duym', -dim/ , n.
1. Gram.
a. a set of forms all of which contain a particular element, esp. the set of all inflected forms based on a single stem or theme.
b. a display in fixed arrangement of such a set, as boy, boy's, boys, boys'.
2. an example serving as a model; pattern.
[ 1475-85; paradigma parádeigma pattern (verbid of paradeiknýnai to show side by side), equiv. to para- PARA- 1 + deik-, base of deiknýnai to show (see DEICTIC) + -ma n. suffix ]
Syn. 2. mold, standard; ideal, paragon, touchstone.