fimmti

Faroese

Etymology

From fimm (“five”) +‎ -ti (“ten”).

Numeral

fimmti

1. fifty

Synonyms

• hálvtrýss

Icelandic

Icelandic numbers ^(edit)

	50
←  4	5	6  →
Cardinal: fimm     Ordinal: fimmti     Ordinal abbreviation: 5.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

fimmti (weak only, not comparable)

1. fifth

Declension

positive forms of fimmti (weak-only)

weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	fimmti	fimmta	fimmta
	acc/dat/gen	fimmta	fimmtu
	plural (all-case)	fimmtu

Old Norse

Old Norse numbers ^(edit)

	50[a], [b]
←  4	5	6  →
Cardinal: fimm     Ordinal: fimmti, fimti     Multiplier: fimmfaldr

Alternative forms

• fimti

Etymology

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

Adjective

fimmti (not comparable)

1. (ordinal number) fifth

Declension

    Declension of fimmti (weak)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fimmti	fimmta	fimmta
accusative	fimmta	fimmtu	fimmta
dative	fimmta	fimmtu	fimmta
genitive	fimmta	fimmtu	fimmta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fimmtu	fimmtu	fimmtu
accusative	fimmtu	fimmtu	fimmtu
dative	fimmtum	fimmtum	fimmtum
genitive	fimmtu	fimmtu	fimmtu

Descendants

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

References

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