Latvian

Adjective

mirstīgs (def. mirstīgais, comp. mirstīgāks, sup. vismirstīgākais; adv. 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

Declension

Synonyms

• (of "which can die"): mirstošs

Derived terms

• mirstīgums

Related terms

• mironis
• mirstība
• mirt

See also

• nāve