fifta

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Old English

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Old English numbers (edit)
50
 ←  4 5 6  → 
    Cardinal: fīf
    Ordinal: fīfta
    Age: fīfwintre
    Multiplier: fīffeald

Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *fimftô.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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fīfta

  1. fifth

Adjective

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fīfta

  1. fifth
    • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
      Fēorða wæs Rǣdwold Ēastengla cyning: fīfta Ēadwine Norðanhymbra cyning, sē hæfde rīċe ofer ealle Breotone buton Contwarum ānum.
      Fourth was Rædwald, king of East Anglia; fifth was Eadwine, king of Northumbria, who reigned over all of Britain except Kent alone.

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Middle English: fifte
    • English: fifth
    • Scots: fift, fyft

Old Frisian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *fimftô.

Adjective

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fīfta

  1. fifth

Descendants

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