silm

See also: sil'm

Estonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *silmä, from Proto-Uralic *śilmä. Cognates include Finnish silmä and Hungarian szem.

Noun

silm (genitive silma, partitive silma)

1. (anatomy) eye
2. bud
3. stitch (in sewing)
4. floodgate
5. (sports) point

Declension

Declension of silm (ÕS type 22i/külm, length gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	silm	silmad
accusative	silma	silmad
genitive	silma	silmade
partitive	silma	silmi silmasid
illative	silma silmasse	silmadesse silmisse
inessive	silmas	silmades silmis
elative	silmast	silmadest silmist
allative	silmale	silmadele silmile
adessive	silmal	silmadel silmil
ablative	silmalt	silmadelt silmilt
translative	silmaks	silmadeks silmiks
terminative	silmani	silmadeni
essive	silmana	silmadena
abessive	silmata	silmadeta
comitative	silmaga	silmadega
Notes	1) The long illative singular form with -sse is rarely used for this declension type.

Etymology 2

Derived from silm.

Noun

silm (genitive silmu, partitive silmu)

1. lamprey

Declension

Declension of silm (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	silm	silmud
accusative	silmu	silmud
genitive	silmu	silmude
partitive	silmu	silme silmusid
illative	silmu silmusse	silmudesse silmesse
inessive	silmus	silmudes silmes
elative	silmust	silmudest silmest
allative	silmule	silmudele silmele
adessive	silmul	silmudel silmel
ablative	silmult	silmudelt silmelt
translative	silmuks	silmudeks silmeks
terminative	silmuni	silmudeni
essive	silmuna	silmudena
abessive	silmuta	silmudeta
comitative	silmuga	silmudega

Võro

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *silmä, from Proto-Uralic *śilmä.

Noun

silm (genitive silmä, partitive silmä)

1. eye

Inflection

Inflection of silm

	singular	plural
nominative	silm	silmäq
accusative	silmä	silmäq
genitive	silmä	silmi
partitive	silmä	silmi
illative	silmä	silmi silmihe
inessive	silmän silmähn	silmin silmihn
elative	silmäst	silmist
allative	silmäle	silmile
adessive	silmäl	silmil
ablative	silmält	silmilt
translative	silmäs	silmis
terminative	silmäniq	silminiq
abessive	silmäldäq	silmildäq
comitative	silmägäq	silmigäq