Latvian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [iɛtsɛpt]
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Verb

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iecept (transitive or intransitive, 1st conjugation, present iecepu, iecep, iecep, past iecepu)

  1. to insert (in dough) and bake
    iecept ogas maizēto 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 izcepusithe bread was only partially baked, not completely

Conjugation

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