trīs

== Latvian == === Etymology === From Proto-Balto-Slavic *tríjes, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. The accusative trīs now has the same intonation (broken) as the nominative, but in the past it had level intonation (compare Lithuanian tri̇̀s); dative trim < trims (attested in 16th-century texts); compare Lithuanian tri̇̀ms; the locative forms are innovative. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [triːs] === Numeral === trīs (irregular declension) three (the cipher, the cardinal number three) viens, divi, trīs ― one, two, three (counting) trīs un trīs ir seši ― three plus three is six atņemt trīs ― to subtract three three (C, satisfactory, a school grade; syn. trijnieks) saņemt trīs ― to get a C (lit. three) three (an amount equal to three) mēs bijām trīs ― we were three trīs āboli, grāmatas ― three apples, books triju dienu laikā ― in (the time of) three days sadalīt trīs daļās ― to divide in three parts three o'clock (a moment in time; three hours after midnight, or after noon) pulkstenis ir trīs ― it is three o'clock aiziet trijos pēc pusdienas ― to leave at three o'clock after lunch lekcija būs no trijiem līdz pieciem ― the lecture will be from three to five (o'clock) ==== Declension ==== ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== See also ==== skaitlis === References ===