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þrír

þrír

See also: þrir

Icelandic

**Icelandic cardinal numbers**
< 2	3	4 >
Cardinal : þrír Ordinal : þriðji

Numeral

þrír m pl, þrjár f pl, þrjú n pl

three; the cardinal number after tveir and before fjórir.

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

klukkan þrjú

See also

þristur ‎(noun)

Old Norse

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)

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

Danish: tre
Faroese: tríggir
Icelandic: þrír

Norwegian: tre
Old Swedish: þrēr
- Swedish: tre