certa
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certa
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Common Romance, from Latin certus.
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certa (accusative singular certan, plural certaj, accusative plural certajn)
- certain, sure
- 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, speech at the sixth World Congress of Esperanto in Washington, D.C.:
- Mi estas certa, ke kiam ni ilin revidos, ni ne plu rekonos ilin.
- I am sure that when we see them again, we will no longer recognize them.
- Antonym: necerta
- 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, speech at the sixth World Congress of Esperanto in Washington, D.C.:
- certain, some, determinate
- 1907, L. L. Zamenhof (tr.), La revizoro, Paris: Esperantista Centra Librejo, translation of Ревизор by Nikolaj Vasiljeviĉ Gogol, Acto unua:
- Nu, en certaj okazoj multe da saĝo estas pli malbona, ol se oni ĝin tute ne havus.
- Now, in certain cases a lot of wisdom is worse than if you had none at all.
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Borrowed from Esperanto certa, English certain, French certain, Italian certo, Spanish cierto.
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certa
- certain, sure, guaranteed
- Antonym: necerta
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certa
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certa
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- certā: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈker.taː/, [ˈkɛrt̪äː]
- certā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃer.ta/, [ˈt͡ʃɛrt̪ä]
- certa: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈker.ta/, [ˈkɛrt̪ä]
- certa: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃer.ta/, [ˈt͡ʃɛrt̪ä]
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certā
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certa
- inflection of certus:
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certā
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certa
- inflection of cert:
- nominative plural feminine/neuter
- vocative/accusative plural all genders
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Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
certa | cherta | certa pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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certa f
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Declension of certa
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- Hyphenation: cer‧ta
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certa
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Inherited from Latin certāre, present active infinitive of certō.
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a certa (third-person singular present ceartă, past participle certat) 1st conj.
- (reflexive) to quarrel, squabble, argue, altercate, row, argufy, wrangle, fall out with someone
- to scold, chide, rebuke, reprove, reprehend
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conjugation of certa (first conjugation, no infix)
infinitive | a certa | ||||||
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gerund | certând | ||||||
past participle | certat | ||||||
number | singular | plural | |||||
person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | cert | cerți | ceartă | certăm | certați | ceartă | |
imperfect | certam | certai | certa | certam | certați | certau | |
simple perfect | certai | certași | certă | certarăm | certarăți | certară | |
pluperfect | certasem | certaseși | certase | certaserăm | certaserăți | certaseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | să cert | să cerți | să certe | să certăm | să certați | să certe | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | ceartă | certați | |||||
negative | nu certa | nu certați |