nocept
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From no- + cept (“to roast, to fry, to bake”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]nocept (transitive or intransitive, 1st conjugation, present nocepu, nocep, nocep, past nocepu)
- to roast, fry or bake something until it reaches the desired final state, usually with a brownish surface
- nocept gaļu ― to roast the meat
- cepeti brūnu nocept ― to roast the roast (meat) brown
- šķiņķis nocepis brūns ― the ham was roasted/fried brown
- (colloquial) to obtain a strong tan by bathing in the sun; to be sunburnt
- viņa atrada izcirtumā zemenes... pārnāca mājās nocepusi un brikšņos saskrāpēta ― she found strawberries in a clearing... she came back home sunburnt and scratched by thorns
Conjugation
[edit]conjugation of nocept