tolm

Estonian

Etymology

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

tolm (genitive tolmu, partitive tolmu)

1. dust

Declension

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