Latvian

Noun

atmiņa f (4th declension)

1. memory (the capacity of the central nervous system to store received information and sensory impressions and to bring them back to consciousness)

   laba, vāja atmiņa‎ ― good, weak memory

   vingrināt atmiņu‎ ― to exercise (one's) memory

   paļauties uz savu atmiņu‎ ― to rely on one's memory

   redzes, dzirdes atmiņa‎ ― visual, auditory memory

   pēc kara viņš atgriežas mājās, pilnīgi zaudējis atmiņu‎ ― after the war he came back home, having completely lost (his) memory

2. (only singular) memory, recollection (the act or state of becoming conscious of information or sensory impressions from the past)

   atsaukt atmiņā pagātnes notikumus‎ ― to call past events back to memory

   paturēt atmiņā vajadzīgos faktus‎ ― to keep the necessary facts in memory

   iepiesties atmiņa‎ ― to become impressed in (one's) memory

   izgaist no atmiņas‎ ― to fade from memory

   atmiņā ataust bērnu dienas‎ ― (one's) childhood dawns in (= comes back to) memory

   brauciens no Rīga uz Liepāju spilgti palicis atmiņā‎ ― the trip from Riga to Liepāja remained vividly in (his) memory

   spēcīga zemes smarža nāca man atmīņā‎ ― a strong smell of earth came to my memory

3. (usually plural) memories (information or impressions from the past that were retained in one's consciousness)

   bērnības atmiņas‎ ― childhood memories

   jaukas atmiņas‎ ― pleasant memories

   uzrakstīt atmiņas‎ ― to write down (one's) memories

   atmiņu krājums‎ ― a collection of memories

   uzpeldēja smieklīga atmiņa‎ ― a funny memory emerged

   un tagad nekad viņas vairs nebūs... paliks atmiņas, skumjais un sāpīgi skaistais priekšstats par kādreiz bijušo‎ ― and now she will never be (= exist) again... (only) memories will remain, the sad and painfully beautiful picture of what once was

4. (computing) memory (the part of a computer that stores data or executable code)

   ierakstīt datus elektroniskajā atmiņā‎ ― to record data in electronic memory

   izdzēst no atmiņas‎ ― to delete, to erase from memory

   mūsdienu elektroniskās atmiņās iekārtas spēj iegaumēt informāciju daudz ātrāk nekā cilvēks‎ ― today's electronic memory devices are able to memorize information much faster than people

   elektriskās pārmaiņas, kas norisinās tikai vienu reizi, var novērot, lietojot speciālus katodstaru oscilogrāfus ar atmiņu‎ ― electrical changes that happen only once can be observed with the help of special cathod-ray oscillographers with memory

Declension

Synonyms

• atcere
• miņa
• piemiņa

Related terms

• atminēt

References