þrír

See also: þrir

Icelandic

Icelandic cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : þrír     Ordinal : þriðji

Etymology

From Old Norse þrír, from Proto-Norse ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ (þrijoʀ) (feminine plural), from Proto-Germanic *þrīz. Compare Faroese tríggir and Danish tre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θriːr/
• Rhymes: -iːr

Numeral

þrír (feminine þrjár, neuter þrjú)

1. three

Declension

declension of þrír

	plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	þrír	þrjár	þrjú
accusative	þrjá	þrjár	þrjú
dative	þremur, þrem	þremur, þrem	þremur, þrem
genitive	þriggja	þriggja	þriggja

Derived terms

• klukkan þrjú
• þristur

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Old Norse

Old Norse numbers ^(edit)

	30[a], [b]
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Cardinal: þrír     Ordinal: þriði     Adverbial: þrisvar     Multiplier: þrífaldr     Distributive: þrennr

Etymology

From Proto-Norse ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ (þrijoʀ) (feminine plural), from Proto-Germanic *þrīz (“three”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”). Cognate with Old English þrī, þrīe, Old Frisian thrē, thriā, Old Saxon thrīe, Old Dutch thri, Old High German drī, Gothic 𐌸𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (þreis).

Numeral

þrír (feminine þrjár, neuter þrjú)

1. (cardinal number) three

Declension

    Declension of þrír

plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	þrír	þrjár	þrjú
accusative	þrjá	þrjár	þrjú
dative	þrim, þrimr	þrim, þrimr	þrim, þrimr
genitive	þriggja	þriggja	þriggja

Descendants

• Icelandic: þrír
• Faroese: tríggir
• Norn: trir
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tri; (dialectal) trí, trir, try, tre (possibly influenced by Danish)
• Jamtish: trí
• Elfdalian: trair
• Old Swedish: þrīr, þrī
  • Swedish: tre, try
• Old Danish: thrē
  • Danish: tre
    • Norwegian Bokmål: tre
      • → Norwegian Bokmål: tre
  • Scanian: tré
• Gutnish: trei

References

• þrír in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.