silmast

Silmast is an Estonian grammatical form: it is the elative singular of the noun silm, which means eye. The meaning of silmast is roughly “from the eye” or “out of the eye,” and it is used to express origin or source in phrases describing movement from inside a location or origin related to the eye.

Formation and scope: The base noun silm has genitive singular silma. The elative suffix -st attaches to that form to produce silmast. This pattern follows the general use of the elative case in Estonian, which marks something that originates from or comes out of a given location or object. Silmast is used in standard Estonian grammar and appears in both literal and figurative contexts.

Usage: Silmast occurs in sentences where the eye is the source or point of departure. It can describe physical actions, such as something moving from the eye, or metaphorical expressions in which the eye is considered a source or origin. Like other elative forms, silmast requires agreement with the rest of the noun's case and number within the sentence.

Etymology: The word derives from silm (eye) with the addition of the elative suffix -st, forming silmast as the standard elative singular.

See also: Estonian language, Elative case, Silm (eye), Estonian grammar.