trzy

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See also: trzy-

Old Polish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trьje. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /tr̝i/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /tr̝i/

Numeral[edit]

trzy

  1. three

Descendants[edit]

  • Masurian: trżi
  • Polish: trzy
  • Silesian: trzi

References[edit]

Polish[edit]

Polish numbers (edit)
30
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: trzy
    Ordinal: trzeci
    Adverbial: trzykrotnie, trzykroć
    Multiplier: potrójny, trzykrotny
    Distributive: potrójnie
    Adverbial qualitative: trojako, troiście
    Multiplier qualitative: trojaki, troisty
    Collective: troje
    Additional collective: trójca, trio, tercet
    Numeral noun: trójka
    Relational adjective: trójkowy
    Related verb: troić
    Prefix: trzy-, trój-

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Polish trzy.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /tʂɨ/
  • (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈtʂɨ/, /ˈtr̝ɨ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes:
  • Syllabification: trzy

Numeral[edit]

trzy

  1. three

Noun[edit]

trzy n

  1. (colloquial, education) three, C (passing grade in school)

Declension[edit]

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Derived terms[edit]

phrase

Related terms[edit]

adjectives
nouns
prefix
verbs

Trivia[edit]

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), trzy is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 118 times in scientific texts, 240 times in news, 82 times in essays, 58 times in fiction, and 70 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 568 times, making it the 82nd most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “trzy”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language]‎[1] (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 612

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