þrír
See also: þrir
Icelandic
| 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.[1] Compare Faroese tríggir and Danish tre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θriːr/
- Rhymes: -iːr
Numeral
þrír (plural only, feminine þrjár, neuter þrjú)
Declension
Derived terms
References
- ^ 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
| 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)
Declension
| 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
- Old Danish: thrē
- 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