Vocab: silmapaistev - outstanding

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outstanding; remarkable; conspicuous; standing out from the rest; noticeable above others

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Building blocks

• silma- → from silm (eye)

• paiste- → root from paistma (to shine, to appear, to be visible)

• -v → adjectve forming ending (creates an adjective meaning “one that is [verb]-ing”)

So literally silmapaistev means "eye-catching", something that catches the eye, that shines into the eye.

How to use it:

Here is how you use the word “silmapaistev” ⬇️

Examples

Õpilane andis silmapaistva vastuse

Literally: “Pupil gave eye-catching answer”

Idiomatically: “The pupil gave an outstanding answer”

Õpilane- Noun - Nominative Singular: "pupil"
andis - Verb - 3rd Person Singular, Past Tense: "gave"
silmapaistva - Adjective - Genitive Singular: "outstanding"
vastuse - Noun - Genitive Singular: "answer"