þri

• þrīe, þrȳ, þrēo

From Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Cognate with Old High German drī, French trois, Ancient Greek τρεῖς (treîs), Russian три (tri).

• IPA^(key): /θriː/

þrī

1. three

• The distinction between masculine þrī and feminine/neuter þrēo, shown in the declension table below, existed only in the West Saxon dialect. In the other dialects þrēo was used for all three genders.

• The combining form (i.e., the form used as the first element of a compound) is þri-, with a short i: þrifeald (“triple”), þrimilċe (“May”), þrines (“trinity”), þriwintre (“three years old”). The word þrītiġ (“thirty”) is an exception, since it was originally a phrase meaning “three tens” and not a compound. See also twēġen, whose combining form is twi-.

• þrēotīene
• þri-
• þrītiġ

• Middle English: thre, threo, thri, thrie, þre, þreo
  • English: three
  • Scots: three, threi, shrei, hrei
  • Yola: dhree, dhrie, dree