dri

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See also: DRI, D.R.I., drì, dři, and dʳi

Translingual

Symbol

dri

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Lela.

See also

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin dē retrō. Compare Italian dietro, French derrière, and Venetian drio.

Preposition

dri

  1. behind

Adverb

dri

  1. behind
  2. back

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *thrī, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz.

Pronunciation

Numeral

dri

  1. (Brabant) Alternative form of drie

Descendants

  • Dutch: drij (southern, dialectal)

Middle English

Adjective

dri

  1. Alternative form of drye

Middle High German

Middle High German cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : dri
    Ordinal : dritte

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German dri.

Numeral

drî or drie (feminine drî or drie, neuter driu)

  1. three

Declension

declension of drî
masculine feminine neuter
nominative drî, drie drî, drie driu
genitive drier
dative drien, drîn
accusative drî, drie drî, drie driu

Descendants

References

  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “drî”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke‎, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

Old High German

Old High German cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : dri
    Ordinal : dritto

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, whence also Old Saxon thrīe, Old English þrī, Old Norse þrír. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Numeral

dri

  1. three

Descendants

Slovene

Verb

dri

  1. second-person singular imperative of dreti

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed Dutch drie or from English three.

Pronunciation

Numeral

dri

  1. three

Welsh

Pronunciation

Numeral

dri

  1. Soft mutation of tri.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
tri dri nhri thri
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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