fimti

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse fimmti, from Proto-Germanic *fimftô.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfɪm̥tɪ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪm̥tɪ

Adjective

fimti

  1. fifth

Inflection
Weak adjectival inflection of fimti
Singular (eintal) m f n
Nominative (hvørfall) fimti fimta fimta
Accusative (hvønnfall) fimta fimtu
Dative (hvørjumfall)
Genitive (hvørsfall)
Plural (fleirtal) m f n
Nominative (hvørfall) fimtu
Accusative (hvønnfall)
Dative (hvørjumfall)
Genitive (hvørsfall)

Old Norse
Old Norse numbers (edit)
50[a], [b]
 ←  4 5 6  → 
    Cardinal: fimm
    Ordinal: fimmti, fimti
    Multiplier: fimmfaldr

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fimftô (“fifth”).

Adjective

fimti (not comparable)

  1. (ordinal number) fifth

Declension
    Declension of fimti (weak)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fimti fimta fimta
accusative fimta fimtu fimta
dative fimta fimtu fimta
genitive fimta fimtu fimta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fimtu fimtu fimtu
accusative fimtu fimtu fimtu
dative fimtum fimtum fimtum
genitive fimtu fimtu fimtu

Descendants
  • Icelandic: fimmti
  • Faroese: fimti
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: femte
  • Norwegian Bokmål: femte
  • Old Swedish: fæmti
  • Danish: femte

References
  • “fimti”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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