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 (transitive, 1st conjugation, present piemirstu, piemirsti, piemirst, past piemirsu)

  1. to forget temporarily; to be unable to remember (at a specific moment)
    piemirst formulato forget a formula (e.g., during an exam)
    viņa piemirsusi dzejnieces uzvārdushe can't recall the poetess' name
    kādu laiku turēju šo sarunu atmiņā; pēc tam piemirsu un no jauna atcerējos pēc pieciem gadiem, rakstot romānufor 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
  2. to keep a vague memory
    viņu nebiju aizmirsusi, bet...piemirsusi gan; kaut tolaik... viņa bija viena no tām sievietēm, kurām toreiz gribēju līdzinātiesI hadn't forgotten her, just... almost forgotten; though at that time... she was one of those women I wanted to be like
  3. 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 darbuI forgot to tell the women (about) the work
    tikai tagad Māra iedomājās, ka piemirsusi nolikt atslēgu parastajā vietā: zem kājslauķaonly 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 viesnīcāto leave (inadvertently) the documents in the hotel
    pulkstenis piemirsts dzīvoklīthe clock (lay) forgotten in the apartment
  4. 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 tautuhe had forgotten that (there) is happiness only when one lives together with (one's) people
    daži cilvēki neapzinā vai arī piemirsuši darba vērtībusome people don't realize or have forgotten the value of work
    mēs visi protam priecāties par šķietami nelielu uzmanības izpausmi un skumt, ja esam piemirstiwe are all able to enjoy seemingly small expressions of attention and feel sad if we are forgotten, neglected

Conjugation

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • piemirsties

Verb

piemirst

  1. third-person singular/plural present indicative of piemirst
  2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of piemirst
  3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of piemirst

References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “aizmirst”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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