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Istriot
Etymology
From Latin trēs.
Numeral
trì
- three
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish trí, from Proto-Celtic *trīs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
Pronunciation
Numeral
trì
- three
Usage notes
- Used before a noun; a trì is used when free-standing (counting, telling a row of numerals etc).
- Tha trì tunnagan aige. ― He has three ducks.
- Tha a trì aice cuideachd. ― She has three as well.
- Fòn a h-aon, a dhà, a trì! ― Phone one-two-three!
- In some dialects such as Barra, trì traditionally lenites the following noun, as dà does.
Derived terms
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “trì”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “trí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language