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cern
cern
Catalan
Verb
cern
- third-person singular present indicative form of cerndre
- second-person singular imperative form of cerndre
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʲern/
Etymology 1
Noun
cern f (nominative plural cerna)
Inflection
| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | |||
| Vocative | |||
| Accusative | |||
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| Initial mutations of a following adjective: 
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Derived terms
- cernach (“angular”)
Descendants
- Irish: cearn (“corner, angle, drum-shaped vessel”)
Etymology 2
Noun
cern m (nominative plural cirn)
Inflection
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | |||
| Vocative | |||
| Accusative | |||
| Genitive | |||
| Dative | |||
| Initial mutations of a following adjective: 
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Derived terms
- cernach (“victorious, triumphant”)
Descendants
- Irish: cearn (“victory, triumph”)
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization | 
| cern | chern | cern pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ | 
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “1 cern (‘angle; swelling’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “2 cern (‘dish, receptacle’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “3 cern (‘victory, triumph’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Romanian
Verb
cern
- first-person singular present tense form of cerne.
- first-person singular subjunctive form of cerne.
- third-person plural present tense form of cerne.