cér

See also: cer, Cer, CER, and ćer

Czech

Chemical element
Ce	Previous: lanthan (La)
Ce	Next: praseodym (Pr)

Noun

cér m

cerium

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)

who is...
Cér leis an leabhar seo?‎
Whose book is this?
who was... (triggers lenition of a following consonant)
Cér chóra do dhuine eile?‎
Who is more deserving?

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Irish copular forms

Simple copular forms

Present/future
	Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative	Neg. inter.
Main clauses	is	ní	an	nach
Direct relative clauses	is	nach
Indirect relative clauses	ar, arb^v
Other subordinate clauses	gur, gurb^v		an	nach
Past/conditional
	Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative	Neg. inter.
Main clauses	ba, b’^v	níor, níorbh^v	ar, arbh^v	nár, nárbh^v
Direct relative clauses	ba, ab^v	nár, nárbh^v
Indirect relative clauses	ar, arbh^v
Other subordinate clauses	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
má	más	má ba, má b’^v
ó ‎(“since”)	ós	ó ba, ó b’^v
dá		dá mba, dá mb’^v
mura	mura, murab^v	murar, murarbh^v
cé	cér, cérb^v	cér, cérbh^v
cá	cár, cárb^v	cár, cárbh^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
ó ‎(“from”)	ónar, ónarb^v	ónar, ónarbh^v
trí	trínar, trínarb^v	trínar, trínarbh^v

Note: Forms marked ^v are used before a vowel sound.

Old Irish

Verb

·cér

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.

Slovak

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

Noun

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

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

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