vārīt

From the same source as virt (“to boil”), of which it originally was the causative form. The vowel ā is unexpected, which made some specialists suggest that vārīt is ultimately a borrowing from Slavic; however, the expected form *vērt is attested in the 17th-century verb izvērt, and vārīt could be a regular iterative form of this unattested verb *vērt. Cognates include Lithuanian varùs (“easy to boil”), Old Church Slavonic варити (variti), Russian вари́ть (varítʹ), Belarusian вары́ць (varýcʹ), Ukrainian вари́ти (varýty), Bulgarian варя́ (varjá), Czech vařiti, Polish warzyć.[1]

• IPA^(key): [vàːɾîːt], IPA^(key): [vāːɾîːt]

vārīt tr., 3rd conj., pres. vāru, vāri, vāra, past vārīju

1. to boil (to heat something up to ebullition temperature)

   vārīt pienu, sveķus ― to boil milk, resin

   vārošs piens ― boiling (hot) milk

   vārīt udeni piecas minūtes ― to boil water for five minutes

2. to boil, to cook (to prepare food in boiling water or in some other boiling liquid)

   vārīt olas ― to boil eggs

   vārīt gaļu, kartupeļus ― to cook meat, potatoes

   vārīt tēju ― to make (lit. boil, cook) tea

   vārīt pusdienas, vakariņas ― to cook lunch, dinner

   viņi visi lielā sirsnībā apsēdās pie ugunskura, vārīja putraimu biezputru ― all of them sat by the fireplace with great sincerity, (and) cooked groat porridge

   un piedevām var sieva būt, / kas vārīt prot un pogas šūt ― and in addition she can be a wife / who can cook and sew buttons

3. (of clothes) to soak (to put in a liquid, usually water, for some time)

   vārīt veļu ― to soak the laundry

   gultas veļa (arī miesas veļa) mazgājot jāvāra un labi jāizgludina ― (while) washing the bed linen (and also personal items), (all) must be soaked and well ironed

4. to prepare, make something in a process that involves a heated liquid

   vārīt konfektes, sīrupu ― to make candy, syrup

   vārīt ziepes ― to make soap

   Vaidupes māte prata vārīt zāles dažādām kaitēm ― Mother Vaidupe knew how to make medicine for various diseases

prefixed verbs:

other derived terms:

• vārījums
• vārīties

• virt
• virtuve