fifta

Old English

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fimftô.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfiːf.tɑ/

Numeral

fīfta

  1. fifth

Adjective

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

Descendants

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

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fimftô.

Adjective

fīfta

  1. fifth

Descendants

  • North Frisian:
    Föhr-Amrum: füft
    Helgoland: füfs
    Sylt: fifst
  • Saterland Frisian: fiefte, füüfte
  • West Frisian: fyfte