Latvian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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pacept (transitive or intransitive, 1st conjugation, present pacepu, pacep, pacep, past pacepu)

  1. to roast, fry or bake something a little, for a short time
    lai nu maize vēl pacep!may the bread (be) baked a little further!
    uzber sīpoliem karoti miltu, vēl pacep, atšķaida ar buljonuhe sprinkles a spoonful of flour on the onions, then he fries it a little, then he dilutes it with the (chicken) broth
    sīpolu nomizo, sagriež un apcep sviestā, pieber miltus, vēl pacep pāris minūšuhe peels the onion, chops it and fries it in butter, he then adds flour and fries it on for a few more minutes
    šķiņķis nocepis brūnsthe ham was roasted/fried brown
  2. to roast, fry or bake something completely
    pacepu šorīt panķukasI'm frying pancakes this morning

Conjugation

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Conjugation of pacept
indicative (īstenības izteiksme) imperative
(pavēles izteiksme)
present
(tagadne)
past
(pagātne)
future
(nākotne)
1st person sg es pacepu pacepu pacepšu
2nd person sg tu pacep pacepi pacepsi pacep
3rd person sg viņš, viņa pacep pacepa paceps lai pacep
1st person pl mēs pacepam pacepām pacepsim pacepsim
2nd person pl jūs pacepat pacepāt pacepsiet,
pacepsit
pacepiet
3rd person pl viņi, viņas pacep pacepa paceps lai pacep
renarrative (atstāstījuma izteiksme) participles (divdabji)
present pacepot present active 1 (adj.) pacepošs
past esot pacepis present active 2 (adv.) pacepdams
future pacepšot present active 3 (adv.) pacepot
imperative lai pacepot present active 4 (obj.) pacepam
conditional (vēlējuma izteiksme) past active pacepis
present paceptu present passive pacepams
past būtu pacepis past passive pacepts
debitive (vajadzības izteiksme) nominal forms
indicative (būt) jāpacep infinitive (nenoteiksme) pacept
conjunctive 1 esot jāpacep negative infinitive nepacept
conjunctive 2 jāpacepot verbal noun pacepšana

Derived terms

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