трьѥ

Old Church Slavonic

Old Church Slavonic numbers (edit)
30[a], [b]
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: трьѥ (trĭje), триѥ (trije)
    Ordinal: трети (treti)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *trьje, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tríjes, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Numeral

трьѥ • (trĭjem (feminine and neuter три)

  1. three

Declension

Declension of трьѥ (trĭje) (i-stem, plural-only)
masculine neuter feminine
nominative трьѥ (trĭje)
триѥ (trije)
три (tri)
genitive трьи (trĭi), трьии (trĭii)
dative трьмъ (trĭmŭ)
accusative три (tri)
instrumental трьми (trĭmi)
locative трьхъ (trĭxŭ)
vocative трьѥ (trĭje)
триѥ (trije)
три (tri) трьѥ (trĭje)
триѥ (trije)

Coordinate terms

Old Novgorodian

Etymology

First attested in c. 1100‒1120 as три (tri, acc.), nominative case is not yet attested, but the expected form is трьѥ (trĭje). Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trьje, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tríjes, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (three). Cognate with Old East Slavic трьѥ (trĭje), Old Ruthenian три (tri), Old Church Slavonic трьѥ / ⱅⱃⱐⰵ (trĭje), Polabian tåri.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: трь‧ѥ

Numeral

трьѥ • (trĭjem pl (feminine and neuter три)[1]

  1. three
    • c. 1280 – 1300, Counting tag no. 4[1], Novgorod (Nerevsky excavation):
      грижгове три рожи а три жита
      grižgove tri roži a tri žita
      Grishkov [debt?]: three [measures] of rye and three of barley.

Declension

  • треть (tretĭ)
  • три девѧть (tri devętĭ)
  • три десѧте (tri desęte)
  • три шьдъ (tri šĭdŭ)
  • триодь (triodĭ)
  • трои (troi)

References

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