treis

See also: tréis and trêis

Latgalian

Latgalian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : treis     Ordinal : trešs     Multiplier : treistik     Nominal : treinīks     Fractional : trešdale

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *tríjes. Cognates include Latvian trīs and Lithuanian trys.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtrɛ̀i̯s]
• Hyphenation: treis

Numeral

treis

1. three

Declension

Indefinite declension of treis

	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	—	treji	—	trejas
genitive	—	treju	—	treju
dative	—	trejim	—	trejom
accusative	—	trejus	—	trejas
instrumental	—	trejim	—	trejom
locative	—	trejūs	—	trejuos

References

• Nicole Nau (2011), A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 33

Middle English

Noun

treis

1. alternative form of trey (“three in dice”)

Norman

Norman numbers ^(edit)

	30
[a], [b], [c] ←  2	3	4  → [a], [b], [c]
Cardinal (Guernsey): treis     Cardinal (Jersey): trais

Alternative forms

• trais (Jersey)

Etymology

From an Old Northern French [Term?] variant of Old French troy, treis, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Numeral

treis

1. (Guernsey) three
   • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎^[1], pages 529-30:

     Janvier a daeux bounaieux, Février en a treis.

     January wears two caps, February wears three.

Old French

Numeral

treis

1. (12th century or Anglo-Norman) alternative form of trois (“three”)
   • c. 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:

     La paiz dura treis meis

     The peace lasted for three months

Portuguese

Adjective

treis

1. eye dialect spelling of três, representing Brazil Portuguese

Romansh

Alternative forms

• trais (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader)
• tres (Sutsilvan)

Etymology

From Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Number

treis

1. (Sursilvan, Surmiran) three

Scots

Noun

treis

1. (Southern Scots) plural of trei