τρεῖς

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1 Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Cognates include Sanskrit त्रि (tri), Latin trēs, Old Armenian երեք (erekʿ) and Old English þrēo (English three).

Pronunciation[edit]

(5th BC Attic): IPA: /tré͜es/

(1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /triːs/

(4th AD Koine): IPA: /tris/

(10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /tris/

(15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /tɾis/

Numeral[edit]

τρεῖς (treis) Ordinal: τρίτος, Adverbial: τρίς

(cardinal) three

Inflection[edit]

Inflection

Case / #	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	τρεῖς	τρεῖς	τρία
Genitive	τριῶν	τριῶν	τριῶν
Dative	τρισί(ν)	τρισί(ν)	τρισί(ν)
Accusative	τρεῖς	τρεῖς	τρία

Descendants[edit]

Greek: τρεις

References[edit]

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