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Latvian
Etymology
From pie- + mirst (“to forget”), where mirst is now attested only dialectally; see also the similarly derived aizmirst (“to forget”).[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
piemirst (transitive, 1st conjugation, present 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
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Verb
piemirst
- third-person singular/plural present indicative of piemirst
- (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of piemirst
- (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of piemirst
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