certa
Catalan
Pronunciation
Adjective
certa
- feminine singular of cert
Esperanto
Etymology
Common Romance, from Latin certus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡serta/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -erta
- Hyphenation: cer‧ta
Adjective
certa (accusative singular certan, plural certaj, accusative plural certajn)
- certain, sure
- 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, speech at the sixth World Congress of Esperanto in Washington, D.C.:
- Mi estas certa, ke kiam ni ilin revidos, ni ne plu rekonos ilin.
- I am sure that when we see them again, we will no longer recognize them.
- Antonym: necerta
- 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, speech at the sixth World Congress of Esperanto in Washington, D.C.:
- certain, some, determinate
- 1907, L. L. Zamenhof (tr.), La revizoro, Paris: Esperantista Centra Librejo, translation of Ревизор by Nikolaj Vasiljeviĉ Gogol, Acto unua:
- Nu, en certaj okazoj multe da saĝo estas pli malbona, ol se oni ĝin tute ne havus.
- Now, in certain cases a lot of wisdom is worse than if you had none at all.
Related terms
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Esperanto certa, English certain, French certain, Italian certo, Spanish cierto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡serta/
Adjective
certa
- certain, sure, guaranteed
- Antonym: necerta
Derived terms
Italian
Adjective
certa
- feminine singular of certo
Anagrams
Ladin
Adjective
certa
- feminine singular of cert
Latin
Pronunciation
- certā: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɛr.taː]
- certā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛr.t̪a]
- certa: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɛr.ta]
- certa: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛr.t̪a]
Verb
certā
- second-person singular present active imperative of certō
Adjective
certa
- inflection of certus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Adjective
certā
- ablative feminine singular of certus
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʲer͈ta/
Adjective
certa
- inflection of cert:
- nominative plural feminine/neuter
- vocative/accusative plural all genders
Mutation
radical | lenition | nasalization |
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certa | cherta | certa pronounced with /ɡʲ-/ |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Old Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle High German [Term?]. First attested in c. 1500.
Pronunciation
Noun
certa f
- (attested in Greater Poland) vimba (Vimba vimba)
- c. 1500, Wokabularz lubiński, Lubiń: inkunabuł Archiwum Archidiecezjalnego w Gnieźnie, sygn. Inc. 78d., page 21r:
- Cabarus czertha spinga idem vel spurga idem
- [Cabarus certa spinga idem vel spurga idem]
- c. 1500, Wokabularz lubiński, Lubiń: inkunabuł Archiwum Archidiecezjalnego w Gnieźnie, sygn. Inc. 78d., page 128v:
- Spinga eyn merkatze quidam piscis czerthą
- [Spinga eyn merkatze quidam piscis certa]
Descendants
- Polish: certa
References
- K. Nitsch, editor (1954), “certa”, in Słownik staropolski (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw: Polish Academy of Sciences, page 219
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “certa”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
- Ewa Deptuchowa, Mariusz Frodyma, Katarzyna Jasińska, Magdalena Klapper, Dorota Kołodziej, Mariusz Leńczuk, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, editors (2023), “certa”, in Rozariusze z polskimi glosami. Internetowa baza danych [Dictionaries of Polish glosses, an Internet database] (in Polish), Kraków: Pracownia Języka Staropolskiego Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish certa. Compare German Zärte.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛrta
- Syllabification: cer‧ta
Noun
certa f
Declension
Declension of certa
Further reading
- certa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- certa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “certa”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “certa”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “certa”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “certa”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 265
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsɛʁ.tɐ/ [ˈsɛh.tɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈsɛɾ.tɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈsɛʁ.tɐ/ [ˈsɛχ.tɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsɛɻ.ta/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈsɛɾ.tɐ/
- Rhymes: -ɛɾtɐ
- Hyphenation: cer‧ta
Adjective
certa
- feminine singular of certo
Romanian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Verb
a certa (third-person singular present ceartă, past participle certat, third-person subjunctive certe) 1st conjugation
- (reflexive) to quarrel, squabble, argue, altercate, row, argufy, wrangle, fall out with someone
- to scold, chide, rebuke, reprove, reprehend
Conjugation
conjugation of certa (first conjugation, no infix)
infinitive | a certa | ||||||
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gerund | certând | ||||||
past participle | certat | ||||||
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 | cert | cerți | ceartă | certăm | certați | ceartă | |
imperfect | certam | certai | certa | certam | certați | certau | |
simple perfect | certai | certași | certă | certarăm | certarăți | certară | |
pluperfect | certasem | certaseși | certase | certaserăm | certaserăți | certaseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | să cert | să cerți | să certe | să certăm | să certați | să certe | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | ceartă | certați | |||||
negative | nu certa | nu certați |