tríggir

Faroese

Faroese cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : tríggir     Ordinal : triði     Multiplier : trífaldur     Distributive : trinnir

Etymology

From Old Norse þrír, from Proto-Norse ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ (þrijoʀ) (feminine plural), from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Compare Icelandic þrír, Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish tre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [trʊdʒɪr]

Numeral

tríggir m (neuter trý, feminine tríggjar)

1. three, cardinal number after tvey and before fýra