piemirst

Latvian

Etymology

From pie- +‎ mirst (“to forget”), where mirst is now attested only dialectally; see also the similarly derived aizmirst (“to forget”).

Pronunciation

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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 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

2. 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

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 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

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 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

Synonyms

• aizmirst

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

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