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