num. card. three.
■ nom. acc. m. tayo (Snp.311), & tayas (tayas; su dhammā Snp.231, see Kp-a.188)
■ f. tisso (DN.i.143; AN.v.210; Iti.99)
■ nt. tīṇi (AN.i.138, etc.), also used as absolute form (eka dve tīṇi) Kp iii. (cp. Kp-a.79 tīṇi lakkhaṇā for lakkhaṇāni Snp.1019);
■ gen. m. nt tiṇṇaṃ (Ja.iii.52, Ja.iii.111, etc.),
■ f. tissannaṃ;
■ instr. tīhi (ṭhānehi Dhp.224, vijjāhi Iti.101);
■ loc. tīsu (janesu Ja.i.307; vidhāsu Snp.842)
■ In composition & derivation: ti in numerical compounds: tidasa (30) q.v.; tisata (300) Snp.566 (brāhmaṇā tisatā); Snp.573 (bhikkhavo tisatā); tisahassa (3000) Pv.ii.9#51 (janā ˚ā); in numerical derivations: tiṃsa (30), tika (triad), tikkhattuṃ (thrice) tidhā (threefold)
■ In nominal compounds: see ti˚ te
- in numerical compounds: terasa (Snp-a.489; Dhs-a.333; Vv-a.72: terasī the 13th day) & teḷasa (SN.i.192 Snp.p.102 Snp.p.103) (13) [Sk. trayodaśa, Lat. tredecim]; tevīsa (23; Vv-a.5; tettiṃsa (33) Ja.i.273; Dhp-a.i.267; tesaṭṭhi (63; Pv-a.111 (Jambudīpe tesaṭṭhiyā nagarasahassesu).
- in nominal compounds: see te˚.
f. tisso, nt. tīṇi; Vedic traya, trī & trīṇi; Gr. τρεϊς, τρια; Lat. trēs, tria; Goth. preis, prija; Ohg. drī E. three, etc.