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 (trie)
  - Old Ruthenian: три (tri)
    - Belarusian: тры (try); трі (tri) (dialectal)
    - 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: три̑
  - Latin: trȋ
- Slovene: trȋje, trijẹ̑ (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: tři
  - Bohemian (Chod dialect): tří
- Slovak: traja, tri
- Polish: trzy
- Silesian: trzi
- Kashubian: trzë
- Polabian: tåri
- Slovincian: třȧ̃
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: tři
  - Lower Sorbian: tśi

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, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c tre (PR 139)”
Snoj, Marko (2016), “tríje”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar³ (in Slovene), 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, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c tre (PR 139)”

[3] Snoj, Marko (2016), “tríje”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar³ (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*trь̏je”