trys

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *trūtja, from Proto-Indo-European *treu, *trū. Cognate to Ancient Greek τρύω (trúō, to wear out, to exhaust), Lithuanian trūniú, trūněti (to rot,to go faul)[1].

Verb

trys (first-person singular past tense trysa, participle trysur)

  1. to press, compress, squeeze
Derived terms

References

  1. Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *triyes, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Cognate to Latvian trīs, Latin trēs and Sanskrit त्रि (trí).

Numeral

Lithuanian cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : trys
    Ordinal : trečias

trỹs

  1. three (3)

Declension

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