Latvian edit

Etymology edit

From no- +‎ cept (to roast, to fry, to bake).

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nocept (transitive or intransitive, 1st conjugation, present nocepu, nocep, nocep, past nocepu)

  1. to roast, fry or bake something until it reaches the desired final state, usually with a brownish surface
    nocept gaļuto roast the meat
    cepeti brūnu noceptto roast the roast (meat) brown
    šķiņķis nocepis brūnsthe ham was roasted/fried brown
  2. (colloquial) to obtain a strong tan by bathing in the sun; to be sunburnt
    viņa atrada izcirtumā zemenes... pārnāca mājās nocepusi un brikšņos saskrāpētashe found strawberries in a clearing... she came back home sunburnt and scratched by thorns

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