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Words for three<\/strong> and related things in Celtic languages:<\/p>\n

\"three\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n*tr\u012bs<\/strong> = three
\n*tritiyos<\/strong> = third (in a sequence<\/em>)
\n*trisano-<\/strong> = third (fraction<\/em>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Celtiberian<\/th>\nTiri\u015b<\/strong> = three<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gaulish<\/th>\ntreis<\/strong> = three (m)
\nti\u0111res<\/strong> = three (f)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lusitanian<\/th>\n*tr\u012bs<\/strong> = three<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\ntri, tr\u00ed<\/strong> [t\u02b2r\u02b2i\u02d0] = three
\ntress<\/strong> = third (in a sequence<\/em>)
\ntr\u00edan<\/strong> = third (fraction<\/em>)
\ntr\u00edar<\/strong> = three (people)
\ntr\u00e9ide<\/strong> = three things
\ntr\u00e9denus<\/strong> = three days
\ntr\u00e9imse<\/strong> = three months<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\ntr\u00ed<\/strong> = three
\ntress<\/strong> = third (in a sequence<\/em>), one of three
\ntr\u00edmad<\/strong> = third (in a sequence<\/em>)
\ntr\u00edan<\/strong> = third (fraction<\/em>)
\ntr\u00edar<\/strong> = three persons, trio, three things
\ntr\u00e9imse<\/strong> = three months, a quarter (of a year)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\ntr\u00ed<\/strong> [t\u02b2\u027e\u02b2i\u02d0] = three
\ntr\u00ed\u00fa<\/strong> [t\u02b2\u027e\u02b2i\u02d0u\u02d0] = third (in a sequence<\/em>), third part
\ntri\u00far<\/strong> [t\u02b2\u027e\u02b2u\u02d0\u027e\u02e0] = three (people)
\ntriant\u00e1n<\/strong> = triangle
\ntriant\u00e1nacht<\/strong> = trigonometry
\ntriant\u00e1naigh<\/strong> = to triangulate
\ntr\u00edoiseach<\/strong> = three-dimensional<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\ntr\u00ec<\/strong> [tri\u02d0] = three
\ntreas<\/strong> [tres] (3\u02e2) third (3\u02b3\u1d48)
\ntreasamh<\/strong> (3\u1d50\u02b0) third (3\u02b3\u1d48)
\ntri\u00f9ir<\/strong> [tru\u02d0r\u02b2] = three (people)
\ntr\u00ec-fillte<\/strong> = triple, threefold, three-ply
\ntrian<\/strong> [tri\u0259n] = third (part)
\ntriantan<\/strong> [tri\u0259ndan] = triangle
\niantanachd<\/strong> [iantanachd] = trigonometry<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\ntree<\/strong> [t\u032ari\u02d0] = three
\ntroor<\/strong> = three (people), threesome, triad, Trinity, trio, trinity
\ntreeoo, trass<\/strong> = third
\ntrooane, troorane<\/strong> = triangle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n*tri<\/strong> [tri\u02d0] = three (m)
\n*teir<\/strong> = three (f)
\n*tr\u0268d\u0268\u00f0<\/strong> [tr\u0268\u02c8d\u0268\u02d0\u00f0] = third (m)
\n*tr\u0268de\u00f0<\/strong> = third (f)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Welsh<\/th>\n*tri<\/strong> [tri\u02d0] = three (m)
\n*teir<\/strong> = three (f)
\ntritid<\/strong> = third (in a sequence<\/em>)
\ntrean<\/strong> = third (fraction<\/em>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\ntri<\/strong> = three (m)
\nteir, tair<\/strong> = three (f)
\ntrited, trydet, trydyd<\/strong> = third
\nteir cogla\u1efcc, trichongla\u1efcc, trichongloc<\/strong> = triangular, three-cornered
\ntrydeblyc, tridyblic<\/strong> = three times, threefold, triple<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\ntri<\/strong> [tri\u02d0] = three (m),
\ntair<\/strong> [tai\u032fr] = three (f)
\ntriawd<\/strong> = trio, threesome, triology, triple
\ntrichorn<\/strong> = three-horned, three-cornered, tricorn hat
\ntric(h)onglog<\/strong> = triangular, three-cornered
\ntri deg<\/strong> = thirty
\ntridyblyg<\/strong> = three times, threefold, triple, triplicate
\ntrionglyn<\/strong> = triangle
\ntrydydd<\/strong> (3ydd) = third (m)
\ntrydedd<\/strong> (3edd) = third (f)
\nteirgwaith<\/strong> = three times, thrice, on three occasions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middle Cornish (Cernewec)<\/th>\ntri, trei<\/strong> = three (m)
\nteir, teyr<\/strong> = three (f)
\ntriddydh<\/strong> = the space of three days
\ntridzha<\/strong> = third
\ntrihans<\/strong> = three hundred
\ntrindas, trinsys<\/strong> = Trinity
\ntriugans<\/strong> = three score, sixty
\ntrivorh<\/strong> = three-pronged<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\ntri, trei<\/strong> = three (m)
\ntrei<\/strong> = three (f)
\ntredhek, terdhek<\/strong> = thirteen
\ntressa, tryja<\/strong> = third
\ntriasen<\/strong> = triplet
\ntrihorn<\/strong> = triangle
\ntryflek<\/strong> = threefold, triple
\nteyrgweyth<\/strong> = three times<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Breton<\/th>\ntri<\/strong> = three<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middle Breton (Brezonec)<\/th>\ntri, try<\/strong> = three (m)
\nteir, teyr<\/strong> = three (m)
\ntri-c\u2019hard<\/strong> = three quarters
\ntri-ugent<\/strong> = sixty
\ntri-chant<\/strong> = three hundred
\ntriad<\/strong> = trio, group of three
\ntric\u2019hogn, tricoign, tric\u2019horn<\/strong> = triangle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\ntri<\/strong> = three (m)
\nteir<\/strong> [\u02c8te.i\u0281] = three (f)
\ntrived<\/strong> (m) teirved<\/strong> (f) = third
\ntrizek<\/strong> = thirteen
\ntri-ugent<\/strong> = sixty
\ntrifarzh<\/strong> = three quarters
\ntric\u2019horn, tric\u2019hogn<\/strong> = triangle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Etymology<\/strong>: from Proto-Indo-European *tr\u00e9yes<\/em> (three – m) and *tisres<\/em> (three – f) [source<\/a>].<\/p>\n

English words from the same roots include tertiary<\/strong>, three<\/strong>, thrice<\/strong>, three<\/strong>, triad<\/strong>, tripod<\/strong>, triple<\/strong> and triplex<\/strong> [source<\/a>].<\/p>\n

Sources: Wiktionary<\/a>, Am Faclair Beag<\/a>, Online Manx Dictionary<\/a>, Teanglann.ie<\/a>, eDIL – Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language<\/a>, In D\u00fail B\u00e9lrai English – Old Irish glossary<\/a>, Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru<\/a>, Gerlyver Kernewek<\/a>, Gerlyvyr Cernewec<\/a>, Dictionaire Favereau<\/a>, TermOfis<\/a>, Le dictionnaire diachronique du breton<\/a>, Geriafurch<\/a>, English – ProtoCeltic WordList<\/a> (PDF), Etymological Dictionary Of Proto Celtic<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Words for three and related things in Celtic languages: Proto-Celtic *tr\u012bs = three *tritiyos = third (in a sequence) *trisano- = third (fraction) Celtiberian Tiri\u015b = three Gaulish treis = three (m) ti\u0111res = three (f) Lusitanian *tr\u012bs = three Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc) tri, tr\u00ed [t\u02b2r\u02b2i\u02d0] = three tress = third (in a sequence) tr\u00edan […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,16,17,26,19,20,25,21,3,22,5,6,37,7,27,127,8,10,40,11,12,13,23,43,18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adjectives","category-breton","category-celtiberian","category-kernewek-cornish","category-english","category-etymology","category-gaulish","category-gaeilge-irish","category-language","category-gaelg-manx","category-middle-breton","category-middle-cornish","category-middle-irish","category-middle-welsh-kymraec","category-nouns","category-numbers","category-old-breton","category-old-irish-goidelc","category-old-welsh","category-proto-brythonic","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-indo-european","category-gaidhlig-scottish-gaelic","category-verbs","category-cymraeg-welsh","category-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7283"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7393,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7283\/revisions\/7393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}