Wt/sco/five

Scots

Numeral

five

1. (cardinal) A numerical vailyie equal tae 5; the nummer follaein fower an precedin sax. This mony dots: (•••••).

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Inglis

Etymology

From Middle Inglis five, vif, fif, frae Old English fīf (“five”), frae Proto-Germanic *fimf (“five”) (compare Wast Frisian fiif, Dutch vijf, German fünf, Norse an Swadish fem, Icelandic fimm), frae Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe (compare Welsh pump, Italian cinque, Tocharian A päñ, Tocharian B piś, Lithuanian penki, Russian пять (pjatʹ), Albanie pesë, pêsë, Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte), Armenian հինգ (hing), Persie پنج (panj), Sanskrit पञ्च (páñca)).

The nasal *m in Proto-Germanic *fimf wis lost throu a soond cheemge kent as the Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law.

Pronunciation

• enPR: fīv
• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /faɪv/
• (Soothren US) IPA^(key): /fäːv/
• (Australia, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /fɑev/

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• Rhymes: -aɪv

Numeral

five

1. (cardinal) five

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Walloon

Etymology

Frae Laitin febris (“fiver”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiːf/

Noun

five f (plural fives)

1. fiver