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þrír

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See also: þrir

Icelandic

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Icelandic numbers (edit)
30
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: þrír
    Ordinal: þriðji
    Ordinal abbreviation: 3.
    Adverbial: þrisvar, þrívegis
    Multiplier: þrefaldur

Etymology

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From Old Norse þrír, from Proto-Norse ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ (þrijoʀ) (feminine plural), from Proto-Germanic *þrīz.[1] Compare Faroese tríggir and Danish tre.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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þrír (plural only, feminine þrjár, neuter þrjú)

  1. three

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ 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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Old Norse numbers (edit)
30[a], [b]
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: þrír
    Ordinal: þriði
    Adverbial: þrisvar
    Multiplier: þrífaldr
    Distributive: þrennr

Etymology

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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

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þrír (feminine þrjár, neuter þrjú)

  1. (cardinal number) three

Declension

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Declension of þrír
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative þrír þrjár þrjú
accusative þrjá þrjár þrjú
dative þrim, þrimr þrim, þrimr þrim, þrimr
genitive þriggja þriggja þriggja

Descendants

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  • 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

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “þrír”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 517; also available at the Internet Archive