þrír

See also: þrir

Icelandic

Icelandic numbers ^(edit)

	30
←  2	3	4  →
Cardinal: þrír     Ordinal: þriðji     Ordinal abbreviation: 3.     Adverbial: þrisvar, þrívegis     Multiplier: þrefaldur

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θriːr/
• Rhymes: -iːr

Numeral

þrír (plural only, feminine þrjár, neuter þrjú)

1. three

Declension

positive forms of þrír (pl-only strong-only)

plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	þrír	þrjár	þrjú
accusative	þrjá
dative	þremur, þrem
genitive	þriggja

Derived terms

• þristur

Old Norse

Old Norse numbers ^(edit)

	30[a], [b]
←  2	3	4  →
Cardinal: þrír     Ordinal: þriði     Adverbial: þrisvar     Multiplier: þrífaldr     Distributive: þrennr

Etymology

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

þrír (feminine þrjár, neuter þrjú)

1. (cardinal number) three

Declension

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

• 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
  • Swedish: tre, try
• Old Danish: thrē
  • Danish: tre
    • Norwegian Bokmål: tre
  • Scanian: tré
• Gutnish: trei

Further reading

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