kolme

See also: kolmë

Finnish

(index ko)

**Finnish cardinal numbers**
< 2	3	4 >
Cardinal : kolme Ordinal : kolmas Adverbial : kolmasti Multiplier : kolminkertainen Distributive : kolmittain Colloquial counting form : koo Colloquial ordinal : kolkki
Finnish Wikipedia article on kolme

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkolme/, [ˈko̞lme̞]
Hyphenation: kol‧me

Numeral

kolme

(cardinal) three

Usage notes

See Appendix:Finnish numbers

Declension

Declension of kolme

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 for the singular is the same as type nalle (number 8), while for the plural it is ovi (number 7). However, in the second possible multiplicative singular form kolmasti (*) and the ordinal form kolmas, the "e" is replaced with an "a".

Derived terms

Anagrams

melko

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *kolme. Cognates include Estonian kolm and Hungarian három.

Numeral

kolme

(cardinal) three

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kolme.

Numeral

kolme

three

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