cerni

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsɛr.ni]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈsɛɾ.ni]
• Rhymes: (Central, Balearic) -ɛrni, (Valencia) -ɛɾni
• Hyphenation: cer‧ni

cerni

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

Inherited from Latin cernere.

cerni

1. to choose (to pick)

   Synonym: sielzi

This is a regular -i verb.

• ciert

cerni

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

• crine

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɛr.niː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛr.ni]
• Hyphenation: cer‧nī

cernī

1. present passive infinitive of cernō

cernī

1. inflection of cernos:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/vocative plural

cerni

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

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃernʲ]
• Hyphenation: cerni

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic чрьнити (črĭniti), from Proto-Slavic *črъnìti (“to blacken”), from *čь̀rnъ (“black”). Compare Serbo-Croatian цр́нети / cŕneti, Russian черни́ть (černítʹ).

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

1. to paint black
2. to dress in black for mourning

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

cerni

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

• “cerni”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026