dhree

• dhrie, dree

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

• IPA^(key): /dɾiː/

dhree

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

     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^[1]:

     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^[2]:

     Haar wee bee dhree yola mydes,

     Here we are three old maids,