Meaning of piemirst | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to forget temporarily; to be unable to remember (at a specific moment)
   transitive
2. third-person singular/plural present indicative of piemirst
   form-of, indicative, plural, present, singular, third-person
3. to keep a vague memory
   transitive
4. third-person singular imperative of piemirst
   form-of, imperative, singular, third-person, with-lai
5. 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)
   transitive
6. third-person plural imperative of piemirst
   form-of, imperative, plural, third-person, with-lai
7. to not realize, to not pay attention, to neglect (for some time)
   transitive

Examples

“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

“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

“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

““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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