No. 261 in Lithuanian

trys

Three.

In a sentence

Aš turiu tris knygas.
I have three books.
Here, 'trys' is used as a numerical adjective modifying the noun 'books', indicating a quantity of three.
Mums reikia trijų stalų.
We need three tables.
In this case, 'trys' changes to 'trijų' to agree grammatically with the plural genitive form of 'tables'.
Jis pabandė tris kartus.
He tried three times.
Here, 'trys' modifies 'kartus', a noun, conveying a count of three attempts.

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