Meaning of mirstīgs | Babel Free

Definitions

1. mortal (that which can die, is susceptible to death)
   usually
2. common, mere mortal; simple person

Equivalents

Examples

“visi cilvēki ir mirstīgi”

all people (= human beings) are mortal

“mirstīgas atliekas”

mortal coil, remains

“varbūt šepat, zem kājām, tai atmatas zemē slēpjas tādi brīnumi, kādus nevar pateikt neviens mirstīgs cilvēks?”

maybe here, underfoot, in this fallow land (there are) such wonders as no mortal person (= man) can say?

“šodien Rīgā pienāks vilciens ar Ausekļa mirstīgajām atliekām, uz mūža dusu aizveda dzejnieku”

today the train with the mortal remains of Auseklis, the poet who passed away (lit. was taken to eternal sleep), will come to Rīga

“tas nebija domāts mirstīgajiem”

this was not thought (= created) for mere mortals

“lai arī zvejas vīri ir norūdījušies, viņu āda tomēr ir plāna, kā jebkuram mirstīgajam”

though fishermen are hardened men, still their skin is thin, like (that of) any mere mortal

“vasarā izmeklētājs brauca uz jūru peldēties un dauzīja pludmalē volejbolu kā vienkāršs mirstīgais”

during the summer, the investigator went to the sea to swim and threw a volleyball around on the beach just like a mere mortal

“modei, ko ieviesa Anglijas galms, pamazām sāka sekot arī vienkāršie mirstīgie”

the fashion introduced by the English court gradually began to be followed also by mere mortals

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