þrjátíu

Icelandic

Etymology

From þrír (“three”) + tíu (“ten”), meaning three ten.

Numeral

þrjátíu

  1. thirty; the cardinal number after tuttugu og níu and before þrjátíu og einn.
    • Genesis 5:3 (Icelandic, English)
      Adam lifði hundrað og þrjátíu ár. Þá gat hann son í líking sinni, eftir sinni mynd, og nefndi hann Set.
      When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth.
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