silm

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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 nom.
gen. silma
genitive 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

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 nom.
gen. silmu
genitive 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
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