cerni

See also: cerní and černí

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsɛr.ni]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈsɛɾ.ni]

Verb

cerni

1. inflection of cerndre:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin cernere, present active infinitive of cernō.

Verb

cerni

1. to choose

Conjugation

This is a regular -i verb.

Conjugation of cerni (third conjugation)

infinitive			cerni
gerund			cernint
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		cernût		cernûts
		feminine		cernûde		cernûdis
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	lui/jê	nô	vô	lôr
	present	o cern	tu cernis	al/e cern	o cernìn	o cernês	a cernin
	imperfect	o cernevi	tu cernevis	al/e cerneve	o cernevin	o cernevis	a cernevin
	simple past	o cernei	tu cerneris	al/e cernè	o cernerin	o cerneris	a cernerin
	future	o cernarai	tu cernarâs	al/e cernarà	o cernarìn	o cernarês	a cernaran
conditional		jo	tu	lui/jê	nô	vô	lôr
	present	o cernarès	tu cernaressis	al/e cernarès	o cernaressin	o cernaressis	a cernaressin
subjunctive		jo	tu	lui/jê	nô	vô	lôr
	present	o cerni	tu cernis	al/e cerni	o cernìn	o cernês	a cernin
	imperfect	o cernès	tu cernessis	al/e cernès	o cernessin	o cernessis	a cernessin
imperative		–	tu	–	nô	vô	–
		–	cern	–	cernìn	cernêt	–

Synonyms

• sielzi

Related terms

• ciert

Italian

Verb

cerni

1. inflection of cernere:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• crine

Latin

Verb

cernī

1. present passive infinitive of cernō

Portuguese

Verb

cerni

1. inflection of cernir:
   1. first-person singular preterite indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic чрьнити (črĭniti), from Proto-Slavic *črъniti (“to blacken”), from *čьrnъ (“black”). Compare Serbo-Croatian crneti, Russian чернить (černitʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃernʲ]

Verb

a cerni (third-person singular present cernește, past participle cernit) 4th conj.

1. (colloquial) to paint black
2. (colloquial) to dress in black for mourning

Conjugation

    conjugation of cerni (fourth conjugation, -esc- infix)

infinitive			a cerni
gerund			cernind
past participle			cernit
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	cernesc	cernești	cernește	cernim	cerniți	cernesc
	imperfect	cerneam	cerneai	cernea	cerneam	cerneați	cerneau
	simple perfect	cernii	cerniși	cerni	cernirăm	cernirăți	cerniră
	pluperfect	cernisem	cerniseși	cernise	cerniserăm	cerniserăți	cerniseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să cernesc	să cernești	să cernească	să cernim	să cerniți	să cernească
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		cernește			cerniți
	negative		nu cerni			nu cerniți

Verb

cerni

1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of cerne