certa

See also: Certa, Certã, çerta, čerta, and черта

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsɛr.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈsɛɾ.ta]

Adjective

certa

1. 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)

1. 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

2. 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

• certe
• certi

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto certa, English certain, French certain, Italian certo, Spanish cierto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡serta/

Adjective

certa

1. certain, sure, guaranteed

   Antonym: necerta

Derived terms

• certajo
• certe
• certeskar
• certeso
• certigar
• necerta

 

Italian

Adjective

certa

1. feminine singular of certo

Anagrams

• -crate, Creta, carte, cetra, creta, tacer, trace

Ladin

Adjective

certa

1. feminine singular of cert

Latin

Pronunciation

• certā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈker.taː/, [ˈkɛrt̪äː]
• certā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃer.ta/, [ˈt͡ʃɛrt̪ä]
• certa: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈker.ta/, [ˈkɛrt̪ä]
• certa: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃer.ta/, [ˈt͡ʃɛrt̪ä]

Verb

certā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of certō

Adjective

certa

1. inflection of certus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

certā

1. ablative feminine singular of certus

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʲer͈ta/

Adjective

certa

1. inflection of cert:
   1. nominative plural feminine/neuter
   2. vocative/accusative plural all genders

Mutation

Mutation of certa

radical	lenition	nasalization
certa	cherta	certa pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Zährte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛr.ta/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛrta
• Syllabification: cer‧ta

Noun

certa f

1. vimba (Vimba vimba)

Declension

Declension of certa

	singular	plural
nominative	certa	certy
genitive	certy	cert
dative	cercie	certom
accusative	certę	certy
instrumental	certą	certami
locative	cercie	certach
vocative	certo	certy

Further reading

• certa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• certa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛʁ.tɐ/ [ˈsɛh.tɐ]

• (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/

• Hyphenation: cer‧ta

Adjective

certa

1. feminine singular of certo

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin certāre.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

a certa (third-person singular present ceartă, past participle certat) 1st conjugation

1. (reflexive) to quarrel, squabble, argue, altercate, row, argufy, wrangle, fall out with someone
2. to scold, chide, rebuke, reprove, reprehend

Conjugation

    conjugation of certa (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a certa
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

Derived terms

• certare
• ceartă

See also

• sfădi
• încăiera
• mustra