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Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /trí.a/ → /ˈtri.a/ → /ˈtri.a/
Numeral
τρίᾰ • (tría)
- neuter nominative/accusative of τρεῖς (treîs)
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τρία (tría), neuter form of τρεῖς (treîs), from Proto-Hellenic *tréyes, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
Compare Mariupol Greek три́я (tríja).
Pronunciation
Numeral
τρία • (tría) n (masculine and feminine τρεις)
- three
Declension
Synonyms
- τριάδα f (triáda, “trio, threesome”)
- τριαδικός (triadikós)
- τριάρα f (triára, “three goals”)
- τριάρι n (triári, “three roomed, third one of three”)
- τριπλάσιος (triplásios, “threefold, thrice”)
- τριπλός (triplós, “triple, threefold”)
- τρίτος (trítos, “third”)
- τριακόσια (triakósia, “three hundred”)
- τριάντα (triánta, “thirty”)
- Τρίτη f (Tríti, “Tuesday”)
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