trì

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tri"

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin trēs.

Numeral

trì

three

Scottish Gaelic

**Scottish Gaelic cardinal numbers**
< 2	3	4 >
Cardinal : trì Ordinal : treas

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʲʰɾʲiː/

Numeral

trì

three

Usage notes

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

Là nan Trì Rìghrean (“Epiphany”)
treas (“third”) (ordinal)
trian (“third”, noun)
trìthead (“thirty”) (decimal system)
trìtheamh (“third”) (ordinal)
triùir (“three (persons)”)

References

Edward Dwelly (1911), “trì”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “trí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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