Faroese edit

Etymology edit

From fimm (five) +‎ -ti (ten).

Numeral edit

fimmti

  1. fifty

Synonyms edit

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

fimmti

  1. fifth

Inflection edit

Old Norse edit

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

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *fimftô (fifth).

Adjective edit

fimmti (not comparable)

  1. (ordinal number) fifth

Declension edit

Descendants edit

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

References edit

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