Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/trьje

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *tríjes, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Numeral

**Proto-Slavic numbers ^(edit)**
	30
← 2	3	4 →
Cardinal: trьje Ordinal: tretь Adverbial: tri šьdy, trijьťi, trьje kortь Multiplier: trojakъ, trojьnъ, trьje kortьnъ Collective: trojь Fractional: tretina

*trь̏je^[1]^[2]^[3]

three

Declension

Declension of *trьje (i-stem)

Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*trьje	*tri	*tri
Accusative	*tri	*tri	*tri
Genitive	*trьjь	*trьjь	*trьjь
Locative	*trьxъ	*trьxъ	*trьxъ
Dative	*trьmъ	*trьmъ	*trьmъ
Instrumental	*trьmi	*trьmi	*trьmi

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: три (tri), трие (trije)
  - Old Ruthenian: три (tri)
    - Belarusian: тры (try); трі (tri) (dialectal)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: три (try)
    - Ukrainian: три (try); трийє́ (tryjjé) (dialectal)
  - Russian: три (tri)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  - Cyrillic: трьѥ m (trĭje), триѥ m (trije), три n (tri)
  - Glagolitic: ⱅⱃⱐⰵ m (trĭe), ⱅⱃⰺⰵ m (trie), ⱅⱃⰺ n (tri)
- Bulgarian: три (tri)
- Macedonian: три (tri)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  - Cyrillic script: три̑
  - Latin script: trȋ
- Slovene: trȋje, trijẹ̑ (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: tři
  - Czech: tři
- Old Polish: trzy, trze, trzej
  - Polish: trzy
  - Silesian: trzi
- Polabian: tåri
- Slovak: traja, tri
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: trzë
  - Slovincian: trzë
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: tśi
  - Upper Sorbian: tři

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*trьje; *tri”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 499: “num. ‘three’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “tri”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c tre (PR 139)”
^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “tríje”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*trь̏je”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*trьje; *tri”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 499: “num. ‘three’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “tri”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c tre (PR 139)”

[3] Snoj, Marko (2016) “tríje”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*trь̏je”

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