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Webster 1828 Edition


Tri

TRI

, a prefix in words of Greek and Latin origin, signifies three.

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trí

trí

See also: tri, TRI, trì, tři, tri-, trí-, trì-, and tří-

Irish

Numeral

trí

  1. three
Usage notes

Triggers lenition of a following noun in the singular, and h-prothesis of one in the plural.

  • trí chat ― three cats
  • trí troithe ― three feet
  • trí huaire ― three times
Derived terms
  • tríú (ordinal)
  • triúr (used to modify a noun referring to human beings)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish trí (through), from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂- (zero-grade form) of *terh₂- (to pass through).

Preposition

trí (plus dative, triggers lenition, before the definite article tríd)

  1. through
Inflection
Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
trí thrí dtrí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *trīs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʲrʲiː/

Numeral

Old Irish cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : trí
    Ordinal : tris

trí

  1. three

Descendants

References

  • trí” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from

Pronunciation

Noun

trí

  1. mind
  2. clever

Derived terms