ceptuve

See also: ceptuvē

Latvian

Ceptuve

Etymology

Coined in 1857 from cep(t) (“to bake”) +‎ -uve by J. Alunānas, originally as ceptava, but soon replaced by its current form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tsæptuvɛ]

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Noun

ceptuve f (5th declension)

1. bakehouse (an enterprise, factory, building, etc. where bread and similar products are baked)

   no ceptuves pievesta svaiga maize ― fresh bread is made in a bakehouse

   rajona patērētāju biedrība ceļ jaunu, modernu ceptuvi ― the District Consumer Society is building a new, modern bakehouse

   “jūti? smaržo pēc maizes”... Zelma paskaidro, ka šepat aiz stūra esot ceptuve ― “can you smell it? it smells like bread”... Zelma explains that right here around the corner there is a bakehouse

Declension

Declension of ceptuve (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	ceptuve	ceptuves
accusative (akuzatīvs)	ceptuvi	ceptuves
genitive (ģenitīvs)	ceptuves	ceptuvju
dative (datīvs)	ceptuvei	ceptuvēm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	ceptuvi	ceptuvēm
locative (lokatīvs)	ceptuvē	ceptuvēs
vocative (vokatīvs)	ceptuve	ceptuves

Synonyms

• maiznīca

Related terms

• cept

See also

• beķereja