Description:

The term 'cet' pertains to writing. It is an Old Common word that appears to be intended to be related to 'rocét', to scratch.

Verb:

As a verb, 'cet' means 'write'. It is a happat ditransitive verb of giving, taking an ergative writer, an absolutive thing written (the identity of this direct object is flexible - it can refer to specific words, a writing as an abstract concept, or a physical object like a note or book) and a dative indirect object which is a recipient or intended audience.

The indirect object is rarely explicitly stated, but conversely, the disintentive transitive skurun form is also rarely used. To Common speakers, you write something because you intend someone to read it. Using the disintentive would imply the writing is illegible or nonsense. The antipassive noxaj form, however, is relatively often used and tends to mean that the absolutive writer writes in general as opposed to writing something specific.

Noun:

As a noun, 'cet' refers to writing in general, either the general act of writing, or some specific writing without focusing on its meaning. It also refers to text in physical print, and tends to refer to a physical, written object, although not always.

Derived Noun Forms:

The term 'cet' has a lot of common derived forms:

• zra cet: 'good writing', i.e., literature
• cetca: a writer
• cetozrom: printer
• cetka: a writing or document - unlike using cet alone, the focus is more on the meaning and intent of the writing. Can also be a word for 'message' or 'note' and can mean a physical letter on paper, an email or a text, which can be disambiguated with modifiers as needed.
• cetkija: audience, when referring to writing, or the intended recipient of a message.
• cetysyn: text

In the realm of finance, a 'cetka' is a paper bank note with monetaey value, and can be disambiguated as a 'fisa cetka'. In slangier usage, a bill might be refer to just as a 'cet'. Example:

Je te sif y cetka nar suz-naw reju.
I have a fifty reju bill.

Modifier:

The derived form cetys means 'written', as in 'na cetys lawt', 'the written word'