τρία

See also: -τρια

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /trí.a/ → /ˈtri.a/ → /ˈtri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /trí.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.a/

Numeral

τρίᾰ • (tríă)

1. neuter nominative/accusative of τρεῖς (treîs)

Greek

Greek cardinal numbers

<  β΄	γ΄	δ΄  >
Cardinal : τρία (tría)     Ordinal : τρίτος (trítos)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τρία (tría), neuter form of τρεῖς (treîs), from Proto-Hellenic *tréyes, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Compare Mariupol Greek три́я (tríja).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾi.a/

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• Homophone: Τροία (Troía)
• Hyphenation: τρί‧α

Numeral

τρία • (tría) n (masculine and feminine τρεις)

1. three

Declension

Gender:	masc.	fem.	neut.
Nominative	τρεις	τρεις	τρία
Genitive	τριών	τριών	τριών
Accusative	τρεις	τρεις	τρία

Synonyms

• Γ΄
• γ΄

Related terms

• τριάδα f (triáda, “trio, threesome”)
• τριαδικός (triadikós)
• τριακόσια (triakósia, “three hundred”)
• τριάντα (triánta, “thirty”)
• τριάρα f (triára, “three goals”)
• τριάρι n (triári, “three roomed, third one of three”)
• τριπλάσιος (triplásios, “threefold, thrice”)
• τριπλός (triplós, “triple, threefold”)
• Τρίτη f (Tríti, “Tuesday”)
• τρίτος (trítos, “third”)

See also

• Greek number and measurement

Further reading

• τρία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language