Uksest

Uksest is an Estonian word meaning "from the door" or "out of the door." It is the elative case form of the noun uks (door) and is used to indicate movement away from a doorway or origin tied to a doorway. As part of Estonian's case system, uksest marks a spatial relation in which the reference point is the door.

Grammatical notes: In Estonian, the elative case expresses movement away from or origin from a location. Uksest is typically used with verbs of motion or with expressions of source, such as someone leaving through a doorway or referring to something that originates at the doorway. The elative suffix -st is the standard marker for forming the elative from the noun for door.

Usage: In everyday speech and in descriptive writing, uksest appears whenever the door is the reference point for origin or departure. It can be combined with other directional phrases and with adjectives describing location relative to the doorway. It is one of several Estonian location forms that help specify spatial relations.

See also: Estonian language; elative case; grammar.