uzcept

Latvian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ustsɛpt]

Verb

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of uzcept

	indicative (īstenības izteiksme)					imperative (pavēles izteiksme)
		present (tagadne)	past (pagātne)		future (nākotne)
1st person sg	es	uzcepu	uzcepu		uzcepšu	—
2nd person sg	tu	uzcep	uzcepi		uzcepsi	uzcep
3rd person sg	viņš, viņa	uzcep	uzcepa		uzceps	lai uzcep
1st person pl	mēs	uzcepam	uzcepām		uzcepsim	uzcepsim
2nd person pl	jūs	uzcepat	uzcepāt		uzcepsiet, uzcepsit	uzcepiet
3rd person pl	viņi, viņas	uzcep	uzcepa		uzceps	lai uzcep
renarrative (atstāstījuma izteiksme)				participles (divdabji)
present	uzcepot			present active 1 (adj.)		uzcepošs
past	esot uzcepis			present active 2 (adv.)		uzcepdams
future	uzcepšot			present active 3 (adv.)		uzcepot
imperative	lai uzcepot			present active 4 (obj.)		uzcepam
conditional (vēlējuma izteiksme)				past active		uzcepis
present	uzceptu			present passive		uzcepams
past	būtu uzcepis			past passive		uzcepts
debitive (vajadzības izteiksme)				nominal forms
indicative	(būt) jāuzcep			infinitive (nenoteiksme)		uzcept
conjunctive 1	esot jāuzcep			negative infinitive		neuzcept
conjunctive 2	jāuzcepot			verbal noun		uzcepšana

Derived terms

• uzcepties