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trzy

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Old Polish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trьje. First attested in the 14th century. Doublet of dryja.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /tr̝i/
    • IPA(key): (15th CE) /tr̝i/

    Numeral

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    trzy

    1. three

    Descendants

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    • Polish: trzy
    • Silesian: trzi

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    Polish

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    Polish numbers (edit)
    30
     ←  2 3 4  → 
        Cardinal: trzy
        Ordinal: trzeci
        Adverbial: trzykrotnie, trzykroć
        Multiplier: potrójny, trzykrotny
        Distributive: potrójnie
        Adverbial qualitative: trojako, troiście
        Multiplier qualitative: trojaki, troisty
        Collective: troje
        Additional collective: trójca, trio, tercet
        Numeral noun: trójka
        Relational adjective: trójkowy
        Related verb: troić

    Etymology

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      Inherited from Old Polish trzy. Doublet of dryja.

      Pronunciation

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      • Syllabification: trzy

      Numeral

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      trzy

      1. three

      Noun

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      trzy n

      1. (colloquial, education) three, C (passing grade in school)

      Declension

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      Trivia

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      According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), trzy is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 118 times in scientific texts, 240 times in news, 82 times in essays, 58 times in fiction, and 70 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 568 times, making it the 82nd most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]

      References

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      1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990), “trzy”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language]‎[1] (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków; Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 612

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