tolm

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Estonian

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Etymology

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Possibly of Baltic origin. Compare Lithuanian dulkti (to get dusty), and Latvian duļķes (dregs). Cognate to Votic tolmu and archaic/dialectal Finnish tolma, tolmu.

Noun

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tolm (genitive tolmu, partitive tolmu)

  1. dust

Declension

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Declension of tolm (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative tolm tolmud
accusative nom.
gen. tolmu
genitive tolmude
partitive tolmu tolme
tolmusid
illative tolmu
tolmusse
tolmudesse
tolmesse
inessive tolmus tolmudes
tolmes
elative tolmust tolmudest
tolmest
allative tolmule tolmudele
tolmele
adessive tolmul tolmudel
tolmel
ablative tolmult tolmudelt
tolmelt
translative tolmuks tolmudeks
tolmeks
terminative tolmuni tolmudeni
essive tolmuna tolmudena
abessive tolmuta tolmudeta
comitative tolmuga tolmudega