uzcept

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

• IPA^(key): [istsɛpt]

uzcept (transitive or intransitive, 1st conjugation, present uzcepu, uzcep, uzcep, past uzcepu)

1. to roast, to bake, to fry something, usually quickly, so that it reaches the desired final state

   uzcept olas, desas ― to fry eggs, sausages

   Erna uzpūta plītī ogles, uzcepa kartupeļus ar speķi ― Erna blew the stove coals (and) fried potatoes with bacon

   iekūrusi plīti, lai uzceptu pāris šķēles cūkgalās, saimniece aizgāja slaukt govi ― having heated up the stove in order to roast a few slices of prok, the landlady left to milk a cow

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