mirstīgs

From mirt (present stem: mirst-) (“to die”) +‎ -īgs.

• IPA^(key): [mīɾstiːks]

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mirstīgs (definite mirstīgais, comparative mirstīgāks, superlative vismirstīgākais, adverb mirstīgi)

1. (usually of people) mortal (that which can die, is susceptible to death)

   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

2. (definite forms, used as a noun) common, mere mortal; simple person

   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

• (of "which can die"): mirstošs

• mirstīgums

• mironis
• mirstība
• mirt

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