aizmārša

See also: aizmāršā

Latvian

Etymology

From *aizmarša (with intonational lengthening from àr to ā̀r), from aizmirst (“to forget”) (itself from aiz- ‎ the (now dialectal) verb mirst (“to forget”)), in a different ablaut form, with a instead of i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [àizmàːɾʃa]

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Noun

aizmārša m or f (4th declension, irregular gender, dative singular)

1. forgetful person

   viņš ir tīrais aizmārša! ― he is such a forgetful person!

   vecais aizmārša! Videkranu neatceries! ― forgetful old man! you don't remember Videkrans!

   mēs taču nevaram būt tādi aizmāršas, kas neatceras vairs vārdu, ko devuši gada sākumā ― but we cannot be such forgetful people who no longer remember the word they gave at the beginning of the year

Usage notes

The term aizmārša is ambigenous. It is masculine when it refers to males and feminine when it refers to females. It is, however, always declined as a feminine noun, with the exception of its dative singular form, which is aizmāršam when it refers to a male and aizmāršai when it refers to a female.

Declension

Declension of aizmārša (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	aizmārša	aizmāršas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	aizmāršu	aizmāršas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	aizmāršas	aizmāršu
dative (datīvs)	aizmāršam, aizmāršai	aizmāršām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	aizmāršu	aizmāršām
locative (lokatīvs)	aizmāršā	aizmāršās
vocative (vokatīvs)	aizmārša	aizmāršas

Derived terms

• aizmāršīgs
• aizmāršība

Related terms

• aizmirsība, aizmirsīgs
• aizmirst
• aizmirstība