cepums

From cep(t) (“to bake”) +‎ -ums.

• IPA^(key): [t͡sæpːums]

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cepums m (1st declension)

1. (usually singular) something roasted, fried, baked

   vakardienas cepuma maize ― yesterday's bread (lit. yesterday's baked bread

   tuvojas pusdienas, un virtuvē kaut kas cepas... čurkst tauki, un cepuma smarža kutina mūsu degunus ― lunch time was near, and something was being fried in the kitchen... frying noises, and the smell of something fried tickled our noses

2. cookie, biscuit, cracker, shortbread (small pastries mostly made of flour, sugar, fat and eggs)

   cukura cepumi ― (sugar) cookies

   sāļie cepumi ― crackers (lit. salty cookies)

   sviesta cepumi ― butter cookies

   cietie cepumi ― hard cookies

   sausie cepumi ― dry cookies, biscuits

   trauslie cepumi ― brittle cookies

   smilšu cepumi ― shortbread (lit. sand cookies)

   kopējā maizes deva, cepumus ieskaitot, bērna dienas uzturā ir 100-200 gramu ― the total amount of bread, including cookies, in the (suggested) daily diet of a child is 100-200 grams

   glāzēs salieta tēja, un stikla traukā ir cepumi... tie vēl silti, smaržo pēc riekstiem ― tea had been poured into the glasses, and there were cookies on the glass tray... these (were) still warm and smelled of nuts