þrír
Appearance
See also: þrir
Icelandic
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Cardinal: þrír Ordinal: þriðji Ordinal abbreviation: 3. Adverbial: þrisvar, þrívegis Multiplier: þrefaldur |
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 (plural only, feminine þrjár, neuter þrjú)
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN, page 1193 (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
Old Norse
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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]plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
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nominative | þrír | þrjár | þrjú |
accusative | þrjá | þrjár | þrjú |
dative | þrim, þrimr | þrim, þrimr | þrim, þrimr |
genitive | þriggja | þriggja | þriggja |
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
Further reading
[edit]- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “þrír”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 517; also available at the Internet Archive
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- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
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- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Norse
- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic 1-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Icelandic/iːr
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- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic numerals
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- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Norse
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Norse
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse numerals
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