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

• fimmti

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
  • Swedish: femte
• Danish: femte

References

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