cern

See also: CERN and čerň

Catalan

Verb

cern

  1. third-person singular present indicative form of cerndre
  2. second-person singular imperative form of cerndre

Old Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʲern/

Etymology 1

Noun

cern f (nominative plural cerna)

  1. angle, corner, recess
    1. swelling on the body
  2. dish or receptacle
Inflection
Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Derived terms
  • cernach (“angular”)
Descendants
  • Irish: cearn (“corner, angle, drum-shaped vessel”)

Etymology 2

Noun

cern m (nominative plural cirn)

  1. victory, triumph
Inflection
Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Derived terms
  • cernach (“victorious, triumphant”)
Descendants
  • Irish: cearn (“victory, triumph”)

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
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

Romanian

Verb

cern

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cerne
  2. first-person singular present subjunctive of cerne
  3. third-person plural present indicative of cerne
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