trīs

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *tríjes, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. The accusative trīs now has the same intonation (broken) as the nominative, but in the past it had level intonation (compare Lithuanian trìs); dative trim < trims (attested in 16th-century texts); compare Lithuanian trìms; the locative forms are innovative.

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trīs (irregular declension)

1. three (the cipher, the cardinal number three)

   viens, divi, trīs ― one, two, three (counting)

   trīs un trīs ir seši ― three plus three is six

   atņemt trīs ― to subtract three

2. three (C, satisfactory, a school grade; syn. trijnieks)

   saņemt trīs ― to get a C (lit. three)

3. three (an amount equal to three)

   mēs bijām trīs ― we were three

   trīs āboli, grāmatas ― three apples, books

   triju dienu laikā ― in (the time of) three days

   sadalīt trīs daļās ― to divide in three parts

4. three o'clock (a moment in time; three hours after midnight, or after noon)

   pulkstenis ir trīs ― it is three o'clock

   aiziet trijos pēc pusdienas ― to leave at three o'clock after lunch

   lekcija būs no trijiem līdz pieciem ― the lecture will be from three to five (o'clock)

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