cér

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "cer"

Czech

Chemical element
Ce
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Pronunciation

Noun

cér m inan

  1. Obsolete form of cer (“cerium”).

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Irish

Etymology

From cé (“who”).

Pronunciation

Particle

cér (copular form used before a consonant, present/future form used before a vowel cérb, past/conditional form used before a vowel cérbh)

  1. who is...
    Cér leis an leabhar seo?
    Whose book is this?
  2. who was... (triggers lenition of a following consonant)
    Cér chóra do dhuine eile?
    Who is more deserving?

Related terms

Irish copular forms
Simple copular forms
Present/future
Affirmative Negative Interrogative Neg. inter.
Main clauses is ní an nach
Direct relative clauses nach
Indirect relative clauses ar, arbv
Other subordinate clauses gur, gurbv an nach
Past/conditional
Affirmative Negative Interrogative Neg. inter.
Main clauses ba, b’v níor, níorbhv ar, arbhv nár, nárbhv
Direct relative clauses ba, abv nár, nárbhv
Indirect relative clauses ar, arbhv
Other subordinate clauses gur, gurbhv ar, arbhv nár, nárbhv
Present subjunctive
Affirmative Negative
gura, gurabv nára, nárabv
    Compound copular forms
Base word Present/future Past/conditional
cá cár, cárbv cár, cárbhv
cé cér, cérbv cér, cérbhv
dá dá mba, dá mb’v
de/do dar, darbv dar, darbhv
faoi faoinar, faoinarbv faoinar, faoinarbhv
i inar, inarbv inar, inarbhv
le lenar, lenarbv lenar, lenarbhv
má más má ba, má b’v
mura mura, murabv murar, murarbhv
ó (prep.) ónar, ónarbv ónar, ónarbhv
ó (conj.) ós ó ba, ó b’v
trí trínar, trínarbv trínar, trínarbhv
v Used before vowel sounds

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Verb

·cér

  1. first-person singular preterite conjunct of crenaid

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
·cér ·chér ·cér
pronounced with /-ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Slovak

Chemical element
Ce
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Next: prazeodým (Pr)

Pronunciation

Noun

cér m inan (genitive singular céra, céru, declension pattern of dub)

  1. cerium (element)
    Synonym: cérium

Declension

Declension of cér
singulare tantum
nominative cér
genitive céra, céru
dative céru
accusative cér
locative céri, cére
instrumental cérom

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “cér”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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