þrír
See also: þrir
Icelandic
| < 2 | 3 | 4 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : þrír Ordinal : þriðji | ||
Etymology
From Old Norse þrír, from Proto-Norse ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ (þrijoz) (feminine plural), from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Compare Faroese tríggir, Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish tre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θriːr/
- Rhymes: -iːr
Numeral
þrír m pl (feminine plural þrjár, neuter plural þrjú)
Declension
| Numerals | |||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | - | - | - | þrír | þrjár | þrjú | |
| accusative | - | - | - | þrjá | þrjár | þrjú | |
| dative | - | - | - | þremur/ þrem | þremur/ þrem | þremur/ þrem | |
| genitive | - | - | - | þriggja | þriggja | þriggja | |
Derived terms
See also
- þristur (noun)
Old Norse
| < 2 | 3 | 4 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : þrír Ordinal : þriði Distributive : þrennr | ||
Etymology
From Proto-Norse ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ (þrijoz) (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)
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
References
- þrír in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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