Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *trūtja, from Proto-Indo-European *trewH-, *truH-. Cognate to Ancient Greek τρύω (trúō, to wear out, to exhaust), Lithuanian trūniú, trūněti (to rot,to go faul).[1]

Verb

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trys (aorist trysa, participle trysur)

  1. to press, compress, squeeze

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi

Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *tríjes, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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Lithuanian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : trys
    Ordinal : trečias

trỹs

  1. three (3)

Declension

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