kolme

See also: kolmé and kolmë

Estonian

Numeral

kolme

1. inflection of kolm:
   1. genitive singular
   2. partitive singular
   3. illative singular

      Synonym: kolmesse

Finnish

Finnish numbers ^(edit)

	30
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Cardinal: kolme     Colloquial counting form: koo, kol     Ordinal: kolmas     Colloquial ordinal: kolkki     Ordinal abbreviation: 3.     Adverbial: kolmesti, kolmasti     Multiplier: kolminkertainen     Distributive: kolmittain     Fractional: kolmasosa, kolmannes
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Alternative forms

• kolome (dialectal, pronunciation spelling)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kolme, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kolme. Cognates include Estonian kolm, Erzya колмо (kolmo), Khanty хәԓум (xəḷum), Mansi хӯрум (hūrum) and Hungarian három.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkolme/, [ˈko̞lme̞]
• IPA^(key): /ˈkolmeˣ/, [ˈko̞lme̞(ʔ)] (some speakers)
• Rhymes: -olme
• Syllabification^(key): kol‧me

Numeral

kolme

1. three

Usage notes

• See Appendix:Finnish numbers

Declension

Declension of kolme (type 7/ovi) noun case singular plural adverbial form singular plural nominative kolme kolmet superessive – – genitive kolmen kolmien delative – – partitive kolmea kolmia sublative – – accusative kolme kolmen kolmet lative kolmia – inessive kolmessa kolmissa temporal – – elative kolmesta kolmista causative – – illative kolmeen kolmiin multiplicative kolmesti kolmasti (*) – adessive kolmella kolmilla distributive – kolmittain ablative kolmelta kolmilta temp. dist. – kolmisin allative kolmelle kolmille prolative – – essive kolmena kolmina situative – – translative kolmeksi kolmiksi oppositive – – instructive kolmen kolmin abessive kolmetta kolmitta comitative – kolmine

Inflection is the same as type ovi (7) but with the nominative singular ending in e rather than i. Equivalently, it is nalle (8) for the singular forms and ovi (7) for the plural forms. However, in the ordinal form kolmas and the second possible multiplicative singular form kolmasti (*), the e is replaced with an a (see the ordinal form for more information).

Derived terms

Derived terms

• kolmannes
• kolmas
• kolmasosa
• kolmekymmentä
• kolmesataa
• kolmetoista
• kolmetuhatta
• kolmi-
• kolmio
• kolmisen
• kolmisin
• kolmistaan
• kolmonen
• kolmoset

See also

• koo

Further reading

• "kolme" in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish).

Anagrams

• melko

Karelian

Karelian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : kolme     Ordinal : kolmas     Fractional : kolmannes

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kolme, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kolme. Cognates include Finnish kolme and Estonian kolm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkolme/

Numeral

kolme

1. three

Declension

Declension of kolme plural nominative kolme genitive kolmen partitive kolmie inessive kolmessa elative kolmesta illative kolmeh adessive kolmella ablative kolmelta essive kolmena translative kolmeksi abessive kolmetta

References

• P. M. Zaykov (1999) Грамматика Карельского языка (фонетика и морфология) [Grammar of the Karelian language (phonetics and morphology)], →ISBN, page 52

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kolme.

Numeral

kolme

1. three