cér

See also: cer, Cer, CER, ćer, and çêr

Czech

Chemical element
Ce
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Noun

1. cerium

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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 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

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Old Irish

Verb

·cér

1. first-person singular preterite conjunct of crenaid

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
·cér	·chér	·cér 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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Slovak

Chemical element
Ce
Previous: lantán (La)
Next: prazeodým (Pr)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛːr/

Noun

1. cerium (element)

Declension

Declension of cér

	singulare tantum
nominative	cér
genitive	céra, céru
dative	céru
accusative	cér
locative	céri, cére
instrumental	cérom

Synonyms

• cérium

Derived terms

• cérový

Further reading

• “cér”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024