Cognate with Breton koulm and Welsh cwlwm. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
kolm m (plural kolmow)
| unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | mixed | mixed after 'th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kolm | golm | holm | unchanged | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
| 30 | ||
| ← 2 | 3 | 4 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: kolm Ordinal: kolmas Multiplier: kolmekordne Distributive: kolmekaupa Collective: kolmik Collective adverbial: kolmekesi Fractional: kolmandik | ||
From Proto-Finnic *kolmi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kolme. Cognates include Finnish kolme, Northern Khanty хәԯум (həłum), Northern Mansi хӯрум (hūrum) and Hungarian három.
kolm (genitive kolme, partitive kolme)
| Declension of kolm (ÕS type 22i/külm, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kolm | kolmed | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | kolme | ||
| genitive | kolmede | ||
| partitive | kolme | kolmi kolmesid | |
| illative | kolme kolmesse |
kolmedesse kolmisse | |
| inessive | kolmes | kolmedes kolmis | |
| elative | kolmest | kolmedest kolmist | |
| allative | kolmele | kolmedele kolmile | |
| adessive | kolmel | kolmedel kolmil | |
| ablative | kolmelt | kolmedelt kolmilt | |
| translative | kolmeks | kolmedeks kolmiks | |
| terminative | kolmeni | kolmedeni | |
| essive | kolmena | kolmedena | |
| abessive | kolmeta | kolmedeta | |
| comitative | kolmega | kolmedega | |
| < 2 | 3 | 4 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : kolm Ordinal : kolmas | ||
From Proto-Finnic *kolmi.
kolm (genitive kolmõ, partitive kolmõ)
This numeral needs an inflection-table template.