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Ce [Vedic ced; ce = Latin que in absque, ne-c, etc., Gothic h in ni-h. see also ca 3 ] conditional particle "if," constructed either with indicative (ito ce pi yojanasate, viharati even if he lived 100 years from here D I 117) or conditional (tatra ce tumhe assatha kupitā D I 3), or potential (passe ce vipulaṃ sukhaṃ Dhp 290). — Always enclitic (like Latin que) and as a rule placed after the emphasized word at the beginning of the sentence: puññañ ce puriso kayirā Dhp 118; brāhmaṇo ce tvaṃ brūsi Snp 457. Usually added to pronouns or pronoun adverbs: ahañ ce va kho pana ceteyyaṃ D I 185; ettha ce te mano atthi S I 116, or combined with other particles, as noce, yañce, sace (qq.v.). Frequently also in combination with other indefinite interrogative or emphatic particles, as ce va kho pana if then, if now: ahañ ce va kho pana pañhaṃ puccheyyaṃ D I 117; ahañ ce va kho pana abhivādeyyaṃ D I 125; api (pi) ce even if: api ce vassasataṃ jīve mānavo Snp 589.
if (usually with present indicative or opt., so even for conditions in the past); ~ no ce, if not; ~ yam ce, (after comparative) than; than that
Syn {zhe / she}; which
（條件虛詞） 如果。
(ind, ind, cond) if if
(ind, ind) but; than