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Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
cér m inan
- 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)
- who is...
Cér leis an leabhar seo?- Whose book is this?
- who was... (triggers lenition of a following consonant)
Cér chóra do dhuine eile?- Who is more deserving?
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
- first-person singular preterite conjunct of crenaid
Mutation
Mutation of cér
| radical |
lenition |
nasalization
|
| ·cér
|
·chér
|
·cér
pronounced with /-ɡ(ʲ)-/
|
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Slovak
Pronunciation
Noun
cér m inan (genitive singular céra, céru, declension pattern of dub)
- cerium (element)
- Synonym: cérium
Declension
Declension of
cér (pattern
dub)
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, 2003–2024