thre

English

Numeral

thre

1. Obsolete spelling of three

Noun

thre

1. Obsolete spelling of three

Anagrams

• Hert

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• þre, thrie, thri, threo

Etymology

From Old English þriē, þrī, þreō, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθreː/, /ˈθriː/
• Rhymes: -eː

Numeral

Middle English numbers ^(edit)

	30
[a], [b] ←  2	3	4  →
Cardinal: thre     Ordinal: thridde     Adverbial: thrice

thre

1. three

Related terms

• thridde
• thrittene

Descendants

• English: three
• Scots: three, threi, shrei, hrei
• Yola: dhree, dhrie

References

• “thrẹ̄, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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Old Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse þrír.

Numeral

thre

1. three

Descendants

• Danish: tre

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Old Frisian

Old Frisian cardinal numbers

<  2	3	4  >
Cardinal : thrē

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ. Cognates include Old English þrī and Old Saxon thrīe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθreː/

Numeral

thrē m

1. three

Declension

Declension of thrē

	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	thrē	thria	thriu
Accusative	thrē	thria	thriu
Genitive	thrira, thria	thrira, thria	thrira, thria
Dative	thrium, thrim, threm	thrium, thrim, threm	thrium, thrim, threm

Descendants

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: trii

  Goesharde: trä m, träi f or n

  Halligen: tree'e m, traane f or n

  Helgoland: tree

  Mooring: tra m, trii f or n

  Sylt: trii

  Wiedingharde: trä m, träi f or n

• Saterland Frisian: träi m; trjo, tjo f or n
• West Frisian: trije

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 68

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θreː/

Noun

thre

1. Aspirate mutation of tre.