Old Polish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tretь. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /tr̝ɛt͡ɕiː/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /tr̝ɛt͡ɕi/

Adjective edit

trzeci

  1. third

Descendants edit

  • Polish: trzeci
  • Silesian: trzeci

References edit

Polish edit

Polish numbers (edit)
30
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: trzy
    Ordinal: trzeci
    Adverbial: trzykrotnie, trzykroć, trzy razy
    Multiplier: potrójny, trzykrotny
    Distributive: potrójnie
    Adverbial qualitative: trojako, troiście
    Multiplier qualitative: trojaki, troisty
    Collective: troje
    Additional collective: trójca, trio, tercet
    Numeral noun: trójka
    Relational adjective: trójkowy
    Related verb: troić
    Prefix: trzy-, trój-

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Polish trzeci.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʂɛ.t͡ɕi/
  • (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈtʂɛ.t͡ɕi/, /ˈtr̝ɛ.t͡ɕi/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛt͡ɕi
  • Syllabification: trze‧ci

Adjective edit

trzeci (not comparable, abbreviation 3.)

  1. third

Adjective edit

trzeci (not comparable)

  1. third (indirect)

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

adjectives
nouns

Noun edit

trzeci m inan or m anim

  1. Denotes third day of the month; the third

Declension edit

Inanimate:

Animate:

Noun edit

trzeci m inan

  1. third (person or thing in the third position)

Declension edit

Trivia edit

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), trzeci is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 47 times in scientific texts, 87 times in news, 56 times in essays, 31 times in fiction, and 18 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 239 times, making it the 228th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990), “trzeci”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków; Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 612

Further reading edit

Silesian edit

Silesian ordinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : trzi
    Ordinal : trzeci

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Polish trzeci.

Pronunciation edit

Numeral edit

trzeci

  1. third

Related terms edit

noun

Further reading edit