þrír
See also: þrir
Icelandic edit
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Cardinal : þrír Ordinal : þriðji | ||
Etymology edit
From Old Norse þrír, from Proto-Norse ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ (þrijoʀ) (feminine plural), from Proto-Germanic *þrīz.[1] Compare Faroese tríggir and Danish tre.
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
þrír (feminine þrjár, neuter þrjú)
Declension edit
declension of þrír
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans, page 1193. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
Old Norse edit
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Cardinal: þrír Ordinal: þriði Adverbial: þrisvar Multiplier: þrífaldr Distributive: þrennr |
Etymology edit
From Proto-Norse ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ (þrijoʀ) (feminine plural), from Proto-Germanic *þrīz (“three”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”). Cognate with Old English þrī, þrīe, Old Frisian thrē, thriā, Old Saxon thrīe, Old Dutch thri, Old High German drī, Gothic 𐌸𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (þreis).
Numeral edit
þrír (feminine þrjár, neuter þrjú)
Declension edit
Declension of þrír
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: þrír
- Faroese: tríggir
- Norn: trir
- Norwegian Nynorsk: tri; (dialectal) trí, trir, try, (possibly influenced by Danish) tre
- Jamtish: trí
- Elfdalian: trair
- Old Swedish: þrīr, þrī
- Old Danish: thrē
- Gutnish: trei
References edit
- þrír in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.