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English
Numeral
fift
- Obsolete spelling of fifth.
1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost, 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
Anagrams
Middle English
Adjective
fift
- alternative form of fifte
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English fifthe, fifte, fift, from Old English fīfta (“fifth”), from Proto-Germanic *fimftô (“fifth”) or *femftô.
Adjective
fift
- fifth
References
- “fift, a.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 21 May 2024, reproduced from William A Craigie, A J Aitken , editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.
- “fift, adj.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 21 May 2024, reproduced from W Grant and D D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.