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trì

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Istriot

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Etymology

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From Latin trēs.

Numeral

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trì

  1. three

Scottish Gaelic

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Scottish Gaelic numbers (edit)
30[a], [b], [c]
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: trì
    Standalone: a trì
    Ordinal: treas, treasamh, trìtheamh
    Ordinal abbreviation: 3s, 3mh
    Personal: triùir
    Multiplier: trì-fillte, trìbilte
    Fractional: trian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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trì

  1. three

Usage notes

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  • Used before a noun; a trì is used when free-standing (counting, telling a row of numerals etc).
    Tha trì tunnagan aige.He has three ducks.
    Tha a trì aice cuideachd.She has three as well.
    Fòn a h-aon, a dhà, a trì!Phone one-two-three!

Derived terms

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References

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “trì”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “trí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language