fift

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English

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Numeral

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fift

  1. Obsolete spelling of fifth.
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost[1], Samuel Simmons, lines 447–449:
      With Fiſh repleniſht, and the Aire with Fowle, / Ev’ning and Morn solemniz’d the Fift day, / The Sixt, and of Creation laſt arose []

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Middle English

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Adjective

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fift

  1. Alternative form of fifte

Scots

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Scots numbers (edit)
 ←  4 5 6  → 
    Cardinal: five
    Ordinal: fift

Etymology

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From Middle English fifthe, fifte, fift, from Old English fīfta (fifth), from Proto-Germanic *fimftô (fifth) or *femftô.

Adjective

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fift

  1. fifth

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