þrír

See also: þrir

Icelandic
Icelandic cardinal numbers
 <  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)

  1. three; the cardinal number after tveir (“two”) and before fjórir (“four”).

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

Old Norse
Old Norse cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : þrír
    Ordinal : þriði
    Multiplier : þrífaldr
    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)

  1. (cardinal) three

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
  • Norn: trir
  • Norwegian: tre, tri (archaic)
  • Old Swedish: þrēr

References
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