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Old English · numeral

fif

Part of speech
numeral
IPA
/fiːf/
Syllables
fiːf (1 syllable)
Modern English
five

Meaning

  1. five

    Ond on þone ylcan dæġ Crīst ġerēorde fīf þūsenda wera of fīf hlāfum ond of twām fisċum, ēac wīfum ond ċildum, þāra wæs unġerīm, ond þāra hlāfġebroca wæs tō lāfe twelf binna fulle.

    And on the same day, Christ fed five thousand men and numerous women and children with five loaves of bread and two fishes, and the remaining fragments of bread filled twelve baskets.

    late 9th century, Old English Martyrology

Inflection

Inflection of fif
Form
Nominative masculine fīfe
Nominative feminine fīfefīfu
Accusative feminine fīfefīfu
Genitive fīfa
Dative fīfum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fimf.

Descendants

five

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