iecept

Latvian

Etymology

From ie- +‎ cept (“to roast, to fry, to bake”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [iɛtsɛpt]
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Verb

iecept (tr. or intr., 1st conj., pres. iecepu, iecep, iecep, past iecepu)

  1. to insert (in dough) and bake
    iecept ogas maizē ― to bake bread with berries, to bake berries into bread
    mājās ceptu rudzu maizi ēdot, es reiz iedomāju, vai tikai kāda do Ābeļu māte dziesmām nav iecepta brūnajā klaipā ― (while) eating baked rye bread, I once wondered if one of Mother Ābelis' songs wasn't baked into the brown loaf
  2. (rare) to bake partially, not completely
    maize ir tikai iecepusi, bet nav izcepusi ― the bread was only partially baked, not completely

Conjugation

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