fourtithe

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === fourtiþe, fourtythe, fourtyþe fowertiðe, fowertuðe (Early Middle English) fourtide (East Saxon); vourtaȝte (Kent); fourteoþe (Southern); fourtied (Northern); fourtid, fourtyid, fourtyde, fowrtyde (Early Scots) === Etymology === Inherited from Old English fēowertigoþa, fēowertigeþa; equivalent to fourty (“forty”) +‎ -the (ordinal suffix). For the dialectal forms, see twentithe and thrittithe. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɔu̯rˌtiːð(ə)/, /ˈfɔu̯rtið(ə)/, /ˈfuːr-/, /-θ(ə)/ IPA(key): /ˈvuːrˌtøːð(ə)/, /ˈvuːrtyð(ə)/, /ˈf-/ (Southern, Southwest Midland) IPA(key): /ˈvuːrˌtaxt(ə)/ (Kent) === Adjective === fourtithe fortieth ==== Descendants ==== English: fortieth (obsolete forteth, fortith) Middle Scots: *fourtied Scots: fortiet === References === “fourtīthe, ord. num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. “fourtyde, fowrtyde, a.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.