τρία

See also: -τρια

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /trí.a/ → /ˈtri.a/ → /ˈtri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /trí.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.a/

Numeral

τρῐ́ᾰ • (trĭ́ă)

1. neuter nominative/accusative plural of τρεῖς (treîs)

Greek

Greek cardinal numbers

<  β΄	γ΄	δ΄  >
Cardinal : τρία (tría)     Ordinal : τρίτος (trítos)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾi.a/

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• Homophone: Τροία (Troía)
• Hyphenation: τρί‧α

Numeral

τρία • (tría) n (masculine and feminine τρεις)

1. three

Declension

Declension of τρεις

	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	τρεις (treis)	τρεις (treis)	τρία (tría)
genitive	τριών (trión)	τριών (trión)	τριών (trión)
accusative	τρεις (treis)	τρεις (treis)	τρία (tría)

Synonyms

• Γ΄
• γ΄

Related terms

• τριάδα f (triáda, “trio, threesome”)
• τριαδικός (triadikós)
• τριακόσια (triakósia, “three hundred”)
• τριάντα (triánta, “thirty”)
• τριάρα f (triára, “three goals”)
• τριάρι n (triári, “three roomed, third one of three”)
• τριπλάσιος (triplásios, “threefold, thrice”)
• τριπλός (triplós, “triple, threefold”)
• Τρίτη f (Tríti, “Tuesday”)
• τρίτος (trítos, “third”)

See also

• Greek number and measurement

Further reading

• τρία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language