treis

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See also: tréis and trêis

Latgalian

Latgalian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : treis
    Ordinal : trešs
    Multiplier : treistik
    Nominal : treinīks
    Fractional : trešdale

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *tríjes. Cognates include Latvian trīs and Lithuanian trys.

Pronunciation

Numeral

treis

  1. three

Declension

Indefinite declension of treis
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
nominative — treji — trejas
genitive — treju — treju
dative — trejim — trejom
accusative — trejus — trejas
instrumental — trejim — trejom
locative — trejūs — trejuos

References

  • Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 33

Norman

Norman cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : treis

Alternative forms

Etymology

From an Old Northern French variant of Old French troy, treis, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Numeral

treis

  1. (Guernsey) three
    • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎, pages 529-30:
      Janvier a daeux bounaieux, Février en a treis.
      January wears two caps, February wears three.

Old French

Numeral

treis

  1. (12th century or Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of trois (“three”)

Portuguese

Adjective

treis

  1. Eye dialect spelling of três, representing Brazil Portuguese.

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Number

treis

  1. (Sursilvan, Surmiran) three

Scots

Noun

treis

  1. (Southern Scots) plural of trei
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