þrír

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See also: þrir

Icelandic

Icelandic cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : þrír
    Ordinal : þriðji

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Numeral

þrír (feminine þrjár, neuter þrjú)

  1. three

Declension

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

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans, page 1193. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)

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

References

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