Müüjalt

Müüjalt is the elative case form of the Estonian noun müüja (seller). In Estonian grammar, the elative case expresses origin or source, and müüjalt is used to indicate that something comes from or is provided by the seller. The form is common in everyday language, contracts, invoices, and consumer rights texts to specify the party involved in a transaction or the source of information, goods, or obligations.

The plural form is müüjatelt, used to denote actions or sources involving multiple sellers. The construction is formed by attaching the suffix -lt directly to the base noun, without a space or hyphen.

Common usage covers scenarios such as purchase, delivery, and warranty references. For example, Toode osteti müüjalt (The product was purchased from the seller). Teave garantiitingimuste kohta pärineb müüjalt (Information about warranty terms originates from the seller). In legal or formal contexts, müüjalt helps identify the party responsible for providing the product or service.

Notes and contrasts: müüjalt should be differentiated from nominative müüja (the seller as a role or actor) and from other cases such as müügist (from the sale) or müügikoht (the place of sale), which have distinct meanings. In standard Estonian, müüjalt remains a straightforward way to indicate source or origin related to a seller, and it is widely understood across registers from casual speech to formal documents.