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cérbh

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Irish

Alternative forms

cér bh’ (superseded)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ceːɾˠvˠ/

Particle

cérbh (copular form used before a vowel, form used before a consonant cér)

who was... (triggers lenition of a following consonant)
Chruthaigh sé cérbh é féin.
He proved who he was.

Related terms

Irish copular forms
simple copular forms
present/future		affirmative	negative	interrogative	negative interrogative
main clause		is	ní	an	nach
relative clause	direct	is	nach	—
relative clause	indirect	ar, arb^v		—
other subordinate clause		gur, gurb^v		an	nach

past/conditional		affirmative	negative	interrogative	negative interrogative
main clause		ba, b’^v	níor, níorbh^v	ar, arbh^v	nár, nárbh^v
relative clause	direct	ba, ab^v	nár, nárbh^v	—
relative clause	indirect	ar, arbh^v		—
other subordinate clause		gur, gurbh^v		ar, arbh^v	nár, nárbh^v

present subjunctive		affirmative	negative
—		gura, gurab^v	nára, nárab^v

compound copular forms
base word		present/future		past/conditional
cá		cár, cárb^v		cár, cárbh^v
cé		cér, cérb^v		cér, cérbh^v
dá		—		dá mba, dá mb’^v
de/do		dar, darb^v		dar, darbh^v
faoi		faoinar, faoinarb^v		faoinar, faoinarbh^v
i		inar, inarb^v		inar, inarbh^v
le		lenar, lenarb^v		lenar, lenarbh^v
má		más		má ba, má b’^v
mura		mura, murab^v		murar, murarbh^v
ó (preposition)		ónar, ónarb^v		ónar, ónarbh^v
ó (conjunction)		ós		ó ba, ó b’^v
trí		trínar, trínarb^v		trínar, trínarbh^v

^v Used before vowel sounds

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