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
Usage: Silmast occurs in sentences where the eye is the source or point of departure. It can
Etymology: The word derives from silm (eye) with the addition of the elative suffix -st, forming silmast
See also: Estonian language, Elative case, Silm (eye), Estonian grammar.