cér

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cer"

Czech

Chemical element
Ce
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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɛːr]

Noun

cér m inan

1. Obsolete form of cer (“cerium”).

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Irish

Etymology

From cé (“who”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ceːɾˠ/

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
		affirmative	negative	interrogative	negative interrogative
present/future
main clause		is	ní	an	nach
relative clause	direct		nach	–
	indirect	ar, arbv
other subordinate clause		gur, gurbv		an	nach
past/conditional
main clause		ba, b’v	níor, níorbhv	ar, arbhv	nár, nárbhv
relative clause	direct	ba, abv	nár, nárbhv	–
	indirect	ar, arbhv
other subordinate clause		gur, gurbhv		ar, arbhv	nár, nárbhv
present subjunctive
–		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 (preposition)		ónar, ónarbv		ónar, ónarbhv
ó (conjunction)		ós		ó ba, ó b’v
trí		trínar, trínarbv		trínar, trínarbhv

^v Used before vowel sounds

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʲeːr/

Verb

·cér

1. 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

Chemical element
Ce
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Next: prazeodým (Pr)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛːr/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

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

1. cerium (element)

   Synonym: cérium

Declension

Declension of cér
(pattern dub)

	singular
nominative	cér
genitive	céra, céru
dative	céru
accusative	cér
locative	céri
instrumental	cérom

Derived terms

• cérový

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, 2003–2025