trì

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tri"

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin trēs.

Numeral

trì

1. three

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Scottish Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : trì     Ordinal : treas

Etymology

From Old Irish trí, from Proto-Celtic *trīs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Numeral

trì

1. three

Usage notes

• Used before a noun; a trì is used when free-standing (counting, telling a row of numerals etc).

  Tha trì tunnagan aige. ― He has three ducks.

  Tha a trì aice cuideachd. ― She has three as well.

  Fòn a h-aon, a dhà, a trì! ― Phone one-two-three!

Derived terms

• Là nan Trì Rìghrean (“Epiphany”)
• treas (“third”) (ordinal)
• trian (“third”, noun)
• trìthead (“thirty”) (decimal system)
• trìtheamh (“third”) (ordinal)
• triùir (“three (persons)”)

 

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “trì”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “trí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language