nigoþa

Old English

Old English numbers ^(edit)

	90
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Cardinal: nigon     Ordinal: nigoþa     Age: nigonwintre     Multiplier: nigonfeald

Etymology

From North Sea Germanic *nigų̄þō < *nigunþō, alternative form of *nigundō. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *newundô. Related to the cardinal numeral nigon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈni.ɡo.θɑ/, [ˈni.ɣo.θɑ], /ˈni.jo.θɑ/

Numeral

nigoþa or niġoþa

1. ninth

   Hāliġmōnaþ is se nigoþa mōnaþ on ġēare.

   September is the ninth month of the year.

Descendants

• Middle English: nynthe, neȝende, nend, neyneþe, neynt, neynþe, niþe, nyneþe, nyend, nyghend, nynnte, nynte, nynþe, nyþe; nieðe, niȝeðe, niȝende, niȝoðe (Early Middle English)
  • English: ninth
  • Scots: nint, ninte, nyint, nynt, nynte