Common Lexeme

etríma

Keywords: psychology, mind

Pronunciation (IPA): e'dri.ma 
Part of Speech: term noun verb 
Class: noxaj 
Forms: etríma, etrímas 
Glosses: memory, remember, recall, recollection, memorable, interesting 

Description:

The term 'etríma' is transparently derived from the term 'trima', image, and is a word for forming and recalling memories. Despite its association with image it can mean remembering any sense.

Noun:

As a noun, etríma means 'memory', either a specific memory or memory in general, although that sense can also be conveyed by the derived form 'etrímasyn'.

Verb:

As a verb, 'etríma' is a semitransitive noxaj verb meaning to commit something to memory or to recall. It takes an absolutive rememberer, and a dative thing remembered, often expressed as a dependent clause. The sense of 'memorize', 'commit to memory' can be emphasized colloquially by using the pali disintentive and noting the thing memorized as a prepositional phrase introduced with 'u'. Example:

We se etríma u naz jentor naz sifysyn na Sufetysyn.
I am memorising the capitals of the New World Order states.

Modifier:

The modifier form 'etrímas' means 'memorable', or 'interesting'.

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