𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆

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Cardinal: 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆 (fimf)     Ordinal: *𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆𐍄𐌰 (*fimfta)     Adverbial: 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌰𐌼 (fimf sinþam)

Alternative forms

• 𐍆𐌹𐌼 (fim) (spelling variant or misspelling)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fimf, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe. Cognate to Old English fīf and Crimean Gothic fyuf, and Koine Greek πέντε (pénte), which it translates.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfimf/

Numeral

𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆 • (fimf)

2. five (cardinal number)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of John (Codex Argenteus) 6.13:

     𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌿𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍃𐌿𐌽 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽 ·𐌹𐌱· 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌾𐍉𐌽𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌺𐍉 𐌿𐍃 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌼 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐌼 𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌶𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌼, 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹 𐌰𐍆𐌻𐌹𐍆𐌽𐍉𐌳𐌰 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐌼 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌼.

     þanuh galēsun jah gafullidēdun ·ib· tainjōns gabrukō us fimf hlaibam þaim barizeinam, þatei aflifnōda þaim matjandam.

     Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten. (KJV).

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Luke (Codex Argenteus) 19.19:

     𐌵𐌰𐌸 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌳𐌿 𐌸𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰: 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌸𐌿 𐍃𐌹𐌾𐌰𐌹𐍃 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂𐍉 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌹𐌼.

     qaþ þan jah du þamma: jah þu sijais ufarō fimf baurgim.

     And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities. (KJV).

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Second Epistle to the Corinthians (Codex Ambrosianus B) 11.24:

     𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌼 𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌿𐌼 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌰𐌼 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌿𐌽𐍃 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌽𐌰𐌼;

     fram iudaium fimf sinþam fidwōr tiguns ainamma wanans nam;

     Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. (KJV).

Derived terms

• 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌾𐌿𐍃 (fimf tigjus, “fifty”)
• 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰 (fimf hunda, “five hundred”)
• 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉𐍃 (fimf þusundjōs, “five thousand”)

Related terms

• 𐍆𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍂𐍃 (figgrs, “finger”)
• 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 (fimftaihun, “fifteen”)
• 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆𐍄𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰 (fimftataihunda, “fifteenth”)

Further reading

• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986), “F55. fimf”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 117
• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 35