dhree

Yola

Yola cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : dhree

Alternative forms

• dhrie, dree

Etymology

From Middle English thre, from Old English þrī, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ. Cognates include English three and Scots three.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɾiː/

Numeral

dhree

1. three
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, pages 23:

     Ich at mee dhree meales.

     I ate my three meals.

   • 1867, “THE BRIDE'S PORTION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, pages 102:

     Dhree brailès o' beanès, an a keow at was yole,

     Three barrels of beans, and a cow that was old,

   • 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, lines 1:

     Haar wee bee dhree yola mydes,

     Here we are three old maids,