"fyf" meaning in Middle English

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Numeral

IPA: /fiːf/ Forms: fyve [postpositional], fif [alternative], fife [alternative], vif [alternative]
Etymology: Inherited from Old English fīf, from Proto-West Germanic *fimf, from Proto-Germanic *fimf, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|enm|ang|fīf|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old English fīf, {{inh+|enm|ang|fīf}} Inherited from Old English fīf, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*fimf}} Proto-West Germanic *fimf, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*fimf}} Proto-Germanic *fimf, {{inh|enm|ine-pro|*pénkʷe}} Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe Head templates: {{head|enm|numeral|postpositive|fyve||{{{2}}}|f1l=|f2l=}} fyf (postpositive fyve), {{enm-numeral|fyve}} fyf (postpositive fyve)
  1. five Related terms: fifte, fiftene, fifty
    Sense id: en-fyf-enm-num-IisL1R~O Categories (other): Middle English cardinal numbers, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Five

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "five"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "five"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle Scots",
      "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
      "word": "fyfe"
    },
    {
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        {
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          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "five"
        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
      "word": "fyve"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "five"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle Scots",
      "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
      "word": "fywe"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Yola",
      "lang_code": "yol",
      "word": "veeve"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "I",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "fīf",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Old English fīf",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "fīf"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Old English fīf",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*fimf"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *fimf",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*fimf"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *fimf",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*pénkʷe"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Old English fīf, from Proto-West Germanic *fimf, from Proto-Germanic *fimf, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fyve",
      "tags": [
        "postpositional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fif",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fife",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vif",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
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        "2": "numeral",
        "3": "postpositive",
        "4": "fyve",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{2}}}",
        "f1l": "",
        "f2l": ""
      },
      "expansion": "fyf (postpositive fyve)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fyve"
      },
      "expansion": "fyf (postpositive fyve)",
      "name": "enm-numeral"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "num",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English cardinal numbers",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Five",
          "orig": "enm:Five",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "five"
      ],
      "id": "en-fyf-enm-num-IisL1R~O",
      "links": [
        [
          "five",
          "five#English"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "fifte"
        },
        {
          "word": "fiftene"
        },
        {
          "word": "fifty"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fiːf/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fyf"
}

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "five"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "five"
        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
      "word": "fyfe"
    },
    {
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        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "five"
        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
      "word": "fyve"
    },
    {
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        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "five"
        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
      "word": "fywe"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Yola",
      "lang_code": "yol",
      "word": "veeve"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "I",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "fīf",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Old English fīf",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "fīf"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Old English fīf",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*fimf"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *fimf",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*fimf"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *fimf",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*pénkʷe"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Old English fīf, from Proto-West Germanic *fimf, from Proto-Germanic *fimf, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fyve",
      "tags": [
        "postpositional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fif",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fife",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vif",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "numeral",
        "3": "postpositive",
        "4": "fyve",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{2}}}",
        "f1l": "",
        "f2l": ""
      },
      "expansion": "fyf (postpositive fyve)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fyve"
      },
      "expansion": "fyf (postpositive fyve)",
      "name": "enm-numeral"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "num",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "fifte"
    },
    {
      "word": "fiftene"
    },
    {
      "word": "fifty"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English cardinal numbers",
        "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle English lemmas",
        "Middle English numerals",
        "Middle English palindromes",
        "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
        "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
        "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "enm:Five"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "five"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "five",
          "five#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fiːf/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fyf"
}

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