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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
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Affirmative |
Negative |
Interrogative |
Neg. inter.
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Main clauses
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is |
ní |
an |
nach
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Direct relative clauses
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nach
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Indirect relative clauses |
ar, arbv
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Other subordinate clauses |
gur, gurbv |
an |
nach
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Past/conditional
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Affirmative |
Negative |
Interrogative |
Neg. inter.
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Main clauses |
ba, b’v |
níor, níorbhv |
ar, arbhv |
nár, nárbhv
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Direct relative clauses |
ba, abv
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nár, nárbhv
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Indirect relative clauses |
ar, arbhv
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Other subordinate clauses |
gur, gurbhv |
ar, arbhv |
nár, nárbhv
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Present subjunctive
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Affirmative |
Negative
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gura, gurabv |
nára, nárabv
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Compound copular forms
Base word |
Present/future |
Past/conditional
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cá |
cár, cárbv |
cár, cárbhv
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cé |
cér, cérbv |
cér, cérbhv
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dá
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dá mba, dá mb’v
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de/do |
dar, darbv |
dar, darbhv
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faoi |
faoinar, faoinarbv |
faoinar, faoinarbhv
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i |
inar, inarbv |
inar, inarbhv
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le |
lenar, lenarbv |
lenar, lenarbhv
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má |
más |
má ba, má b’v
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mura |
mura, murabv |
murar, murarbhv
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ó (prep.) |
ónar, ónarbv |
ónar, ónarbhv
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ó (conj.) |
ós |
ó ba, ó b’v
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trí |
trínar, trínarbv |
trínar, trínarbhv
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v Used before vowel sounds
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Old Irish
Pronunciation
Verb
·cér
- first-person singular preterite conjunct of crenaid
Mutation
Old Irish mutation
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Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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·cér
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·chér
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·cér pronounced with /-ɡ(ʲ)-/
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Slovak
Pronunciation
Noun
cér m inan (genitive singular céra, céru, declension pattern of dub)
- cerium (element)
- Synonym: cérium
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading