fimmti

Faroese

Etymology

From fimm (“five”) +‎ -ti (“ten”).

Numeral

fimmti

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)

fifth

Declension

Positive forms of *fimmti* (weak-only)
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	fimmti	fimmta	fimmta
	acc/dat/gen	fimmta	fimmtu	fimmta
	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)

(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
Old Danish: fæmtæ
- Danish: femte

Further reading

Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “fimmti”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive