silmässä

Silmässä is the inessive singular form of the Finnish noun silmä, meaning “in the eye.” The inessive case marks location inside something, so silmässä indicates that something resides within the eyeball or the eye socket. The word appears frequently in medical, descriptive, and everyday language. The illative form silmään means into the eye, while silmästä denotes from the eye.

Usage examples include describing objects or sensations inside the eye. For instance, roska on silmässä means “a speck is in the eye,” and hiekka meni silmään means “sand got into the eye.” In sentences about pain or discomfort, you may encounter phrases such as silmässä on kipua, meaning “there is pain in the eye.” These forms are used with regular Finnish verb patterns and pronouns.

Etymology and related forms: The noun silmä is a native Finnish word with cognates in other Finnic languages, such as Estonian silm (eye). The plural form is silmät (eyes). Related compounds include silmälasit (glasses) and silmäkulma (outer corner of the eye). The term is common in medical descriptions, optometry, and everyday speech when specifying a location related to the eye.

See also: silmä, silmälasit, silmät, illative silmään, elative silmästä.