piemirst
Latvian
FWOTD – 28 December 2012
Etymology
From pie- + mirst (“to forget”), where mirst is now attested only dialectally; see also the similarly derived aizmirst (“to forget”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pìɛmìɾst]
Verb
piemirst tr., 1st conj., pres. piemirstu, piemirsti, piemirst, past piemirsu
- to forget temporarily; to be unable to remember (at a specific moment)
- piemirst formula ― to forget a formula (e.g., during an exam)
- viņa piemirsusi dzejnieces uzvārdu ― she can't recall the poetess' name
- kādu laiku turēju šo sarunu atmiņā; pēc tam piemirsu un no jauna atcerējos pēc pieciem gadiem, rakstot romānu ― for some time I kept this conversation in my memory; then I forgot it (for a while), and again remembered it five years later, while writing a novel
- to keep a vague memory
- viņu nebiju aizmirsusi, bet...piemirsusi gan; kaut tolaik... viņa bija viena no tām sievietēm, kurām toreiz gribēju līdzināties ― I hadn't forgotten her, just... almost forgotten; though at that time... she was one of those women I wanted to be like
- to forget about (doing) something (e.g., because of some distracting event); to not do something inadvertently, unwittingly, unintentionally; to leave (something, somewhere) inadvertently (and forget about it)
- piemirsu sieviešiem izstāstīt darbu ― I forgot to tell the women (about) the work
- tikai tagad Māra iedomājās, ka piemirsusi nolikt atslēgu parastajā vietā: zem kājslauķa ― only then did Māra realize that she had forgotten to put the key in the usual place: under the doormat
- viņa bija rosīgi strādājusi, pat pusdienas piemirsusi paēst — she had worked intensely, (she had) even forgotten to eat lunch
- piemirst dokumentus viesnīcā ― to leave (inadvertently) the documents in the hotel
- pulkstenis piemirsts dzīvoklī ― the clock (lay) forgotten in the apartment
- to not realize, to not pay attention, to neglect (for some time)
- “nekas, tūlīt būšu mājās”, Zigis mēģināja piemirst slāpes ― “it's OK, I will soon be home,” Zigis (said) trying to forget the thirst
- viņš bija piemirsis to, ka laime ir tikai tad, ja dzīvo kopa ar tautu ― he had forgotten that (there) is happiness only when one lives together with (one's) people
- daži cilvēki neapzinā vai arī piemirsuši darba vērtību ― some people don't realize or have forgotten the value of work
- mēs visi protam priecāties par šķietami nelielu uzmanības izpausmi un skumt, ja esam piemirsti ― we are all able to enjoy seemingly small expressions of attention and feel sad if we are forgotten, neglected
Conjugation
conjugation of piemirst
| INDICATIVE (īstenības izteiksme) | IMPERATIVE (pavēles izteiksme) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present (tagadne) | Past (pagātne) | Future (nākotne) | |||
| 1st pers. sg. | es | piemirstu | piemirsu | piemirsīšu | — |
| 2nd pers. sg. | tu | piemirsti | piemirsi | piemirsīsi | piemirsti |
| 3rd pers. sg. | viņš, viņa | piemirst | piemirsa | piemirsīs | lai piemirst |
| 1st pers. pl. | mēs | piemirstam | piemirsām | piemirsīsim | piemirsīsim |
| 2nd pers. pl. | jūs | piemirstat | piemirsāt | piemirsīsiet, piemirsīsit | piemirstiet |
| 3rd pers. pl. | viņi, viņas | piemirst | piemirsa | piemirsīs | lai piemirst |
| RENARRATIVE (atstāstījuma izteiksme) | PARTICIPLES (divdabji) | ||||
| Present | piemirstot | Present Active 1 (Adj.) | piemirstošs | ||
| Past | esot piemirsis | Present Active 2 (Adv.) | piemirsdams | ||
| Future | piemirsīšot | Present Active 3 (Adv.) | piemirstot | ||
| Imperative | lai piemirstot | Present Active 4 (Obj.) | piemirstam | ||
| CONDITIONAL (vēlējuma izteiksme) | Past Active | piemirsis | |||
| Present | piemirstu | Present Passive | piemirstams | ||
| Past | būtu piemirsis | Past Passive | piemirsts | ||
| DEBITIVE (vajadzības izteiksme) | NOMINAL FORMS | ||||
| Indicative | (būt) jāpiemirst | Infinitive (nenoteiksme) | piemirst | ||
| Conjunctive 1 | esot jāpiemirst | Negative Infinitive | nepiemirst | ||
| Conjunctive 2 | jāpiemirstot | Verbal noun | piemiršana | ||
Synonyms
- aizmirst
Derived terms
- piemirsties
Verb
piemirst
- 3rd person singular present indicative form of piemirst
- 3rd person plural present indicative form of piemirst
- (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of piemirst
- (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of piemirst
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “aizmirst”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN