tríggir

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Faroese

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Faroese cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : tríggir
    Ordinal : triði
    Multiplier : trífaldur
    Distributive : trinnir
    Fractional : triðingur

Etymology

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From Old Norse þrír, from Proto-Norse ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ (þrijoʀ) (feminine plural), from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Compare Icelandic þrír, Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish tre.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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tríggir m (neuter trý, feminine tríggjar)

  1. three, cardinal number after tvey and before fýra

Declension

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tríggir, tríggjar, trý (three) - numeral
Normal form m f n
Nominative (hvørfall) tríggir tríggjar trý
Accusative (hvønnfall) tríggjar
Dative (hvørjumfall) trimum
Genitive (hvørsfall) (tríggja)
Pair-form m f n
Nominative (hvørfall) trinnir trinnar trinni
Accusative (hvønnfall) trinnar
Dative (hvørjumfall) trinnum
Genitive (hvørsfall) (trinna, trinra)