cert
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Adjective edit
cert
- Alternative form of cert.
Noun edit
cert (plural certs)
- (informal) Certificate.
- I bought some gift certs for my family for Christmas.
- (informal) A certainty; something guaranteed to happen.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sure thing
Derived terms edit
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Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
cert (feminine certa, masculine plural certs, feminine plural certes)
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Further reading edit
- “cert” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “cert”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “cert” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “cert” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Chinese edit
Etymology 1 edit
From clipping of English certificate.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cert
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) certificate (Classifier: 張/张 c)
Etymology 2 edit
From clipping of English certify.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
cert
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) Synonym of certify.
Ladin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
cert m (feminine singular certa, masculine plural certs, feminine plural certes)
Lombard edit
Etymology edit
Akin to Italian certo, from Latin certus.
Adjective edit
cert
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
cert m (oblique and nominative feminine singular certe)
Related terms edit
References edit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (cert)
- cert on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
cert (comparative certu)
- correct, right, proper, fitting
- fair, just
- straight, even (of material objects)
- exact, precise (of numbers, quantities etc.)
Inflection edit
o/ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | cert | cert | cert |
Vocative | cirt* cert** | ||
Accusative | cert | cirt | |
Genitive | cirt | cirte | cirt |
Dative | cert, cirt | cirt | cert, cirt |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
Nominative | cirt | certa | |
Vocative | certu certa† | ||
Accusative | certu certa† | ||
Genitive | cert | ||
Dative | certaib | ||
Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative |
Noun edit
cert n or m
- the right, what is proper, correctness
- (in quasi-legal sense) right, claim, entitlement
- justice, fair dealing
Inflection edit
Neuter o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | certN | certN | certL, certa |
Vocative | certN | certN | certL, certa |
Accusative | certN | certN | certL, certa |
Genitive | cirtL | cert | certN |
Dative | certL, cirt | certaib | certaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Masculine o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | cert | certL | cirtL |
Vocative | cirt | certL | certuH |
Accusative | certN | certL | certuH |
Genitive | cirtL | cert | certN |
Dative | certL, cirt | certaib | certaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
cert | chert | cert pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 cert”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Romanian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Adjective edit
cert m or n (feminine singular certă, masculine plural cerți, feminine and neuter plural certe)
Declension edit
Declension of cert
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
cert