kans
FromDutchkans, fromMiddle Dutchcanse, fromOld Northern Frenchcance, fromVulgar Latin*cadentia, fromcadō(“to fall”), referring to the falling ofdice.
kans (pluralkanse,diminutivekansie)
| ← 10 | ← 90 | 100 100 | 1,000 → | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | ||||
| Cardinal:kans Ordinal:kansves Ordinalabbreviation:100ves Adverbial:kankweyth Multiplier:kanplek | ||||
FromProto-Brythonic*kant, fromProto-Celtic*kantom, fromProto-Indo-European*ḱm̥tóm.
kans
| unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | mixed | mixed after 'th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kans | gans | hans | unchanged | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
FromMiddle Dutchcanse, borrowed fromOld Northern Frenchcaance (compare centralcheance), fromVulgar Latin*cadentia, fromcadere(“to fall”), referring to the falling ofdice.Doublet ofcadans,cadens, andsjans. Cognate withFrenchchance,Englishchance.
kans f (pluralkansen,diminutivekansje n)
Clipping ofkanssa.
kans
kans
kans
FromDutchkans(“chance”), fromOld Northern Frenchcance, fromVulgar Latin*cadentia, fromcadō(“to fall”), referring to the falling ofdice.
kans (pluralkans-kans)

FromProto-Finnic*kanci. Cognates includeFinnishkansi andEstoniankaas.
kans
| Declension ofkans (type 5/vesi, nt-nn gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kans | kannet |
| genitive | kannen | kansiin,kansiloin |
| partitive | kantta | kansia,kansiloja |
| illative | kantee | kansii,kansiloihe |
| inessive | kannees | kansiis,kansilois |
| elative | kannest | kansist,kansiloist |
| allative | kannelle | kansille,kansiloille |
| adessive | kanneel | kansiil,kansiloil |
| ablative | kannelt | kansilt,kansiloilt |
| translative | kanneks | kansiks,kansiloiks |
| essive | kanteenna,kanteen | kansiinna,kansiloinna,kansiin,kansiloin |
| exessive1) | kantent | kansint,kansiloint |
| 1) obsolete *) theaccusative corresponds with either thegenitive (sg) ornominative (pl) **) thecomitative is formed by adding the suffix-ka? or-kä? to thegenitive. | ||