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”).

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 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

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

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