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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/trojь

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 *trajas. Cognate with Lithuanian trejì, Latvian treji, Sanskrit त्रय (trayá).

Numeral

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

*trojь

  1. (collective) three

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *trojica
  • *trojiti
  • *trojьka
  • *trojьnъ (triple)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: трои (troi)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: трои (troi)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: тро̏је
      Latin script: trȍje
    • Slovene: trọ̑j (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: troje, trojí
    • Kashubian: troje
    • Old Polish: troje
    • Slovak: troje, trojí
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: troji
      • Lower Sorbian: tšoji

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “трое”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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