Nimetavast

Nimetavast is the elative form of the Estonian noun nimetav, the term used for the nominative case in Estonian grammar. In linguistic discussion, nimetav denotes the nominative case; nimetavast is used when the nominative is described as a source or origin within a grammatical context. The form is produced by applying the Estonian elative suffix to nimetav, yielding nimetavast in accordance with standard elative formation.

Nimetavast is primarily found in scholarly writing—grammars, linguistic analyses, and corpus annotations—where researchers reference data "from the nominative" or discuss phenomena related to the nominative form. It does not carry a separate lexical meaning beyond indicating origin from nimetav; its interpretation depends on the surrounding discussion of case systems.

See also: nimetav (the nominative case), Estonian grammar, grammatical cases, elative.