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ninthadj.n.adv. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with Old Frisian nigunda , niugunda , niugenda (West Frisian njoggende ), Middle Dutch negende , neghende (Dutch negende ), Old Saxon nigūtho , nigundo (Middle Low German negende , negede ), Old High German niundo , niunto (Middle High German niunde , niunte , German neunte , †neunde ), Old Icelandic, Icelandic níundi , Old Swedish nionde , niunde (Swedish nionde ), Old Danish nindæ (Danish niende ), Gothic niunda < the Germanic base of nine adj. + the Germanic base of -th suffix2; compare similarly ancient Greek ἔνατος, Tocharian B ñunte, Old Church Slavonic devętŭ, Old Prussian newīnts, Lithuanian devintas, Albanian nëntë.The β. forms probably reflect Scandinavian influence. The γ. forms show alteration after nine adj. and -th suffix2; compare sixth adj., seventh adj., eighth adj., tenth adj. With the δ. forms compare the γ. forms at nine adj. and n. and also Middle Low German negede . The following isolated example of an apparent δ. form in very early Middle English is better explained as a scribal error (the form niȝoðe is found elsewhere in this text; compare e.g. quot. c1175 at sense A. aα. ):c1175 ( Homily: Hist. Holy Rood-tree (Bodl. 343) (1894) 2 Ða sende he forð all þæt ferd & him sylf þer wunode oð ða niȝodan [prob. read niȝoðan] tid þæs dæȝes. With the ε. forms compare -t , the usual suffix forming ordinal numerals in Scots and northern and north midland varieties of English (see -th suffix2, and compare e.g. fift , sixt , sevent , variants respectively of fifth adj., sixth adj., seventh adj.). The anomalous Middle English form neuent may have been formed on the analogy of seuent , variant of seventh adj. The ordinal numeral corresponding to the cardinal numeral nine adj. and n. (represented by 9th). A. adj. Next in order after the eighth; that is number nine in a series. the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > nine > [adjective] > ninth α. OE (Northumbrian) 3 In canone nono duo lucas iohannes : in tal ða nioða twoege. OE (Julius) 9 May 100 On ðone nygeþan dæg ðæs monðes bið sumeres fruma. OE 141 On þa nigoþan tid þæs dæges. OE Writ of Edward the Confessor, Bury St. Edmunds (Sawyer 1084) in F. E. Harmer (1952) 164 Þa healf nygoðe hundreda socne. c1175 ( (Bodl. 343) (1894) 14 Ða on þam niȝoðe dæȝe þa sende him roxilus his boden to. a1225 ( Ælfric's Homily De Duodecim Abusivis (Lamb. 487) in R. Morris (1868) 1st Ser. 115 [Þ]e nihȝeðe [OE Corpus Cambr. 178 nigoþa] unþeau is þet þe king beo unrih[t]wis. ?c1225 (?a1200) (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 328 Þe niȝeðe reisun is. a1275 St. Margaret (Trin. Cambr.) l. 65 in A. S. M. Clark (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Michigan) (1972) 23 Al my cun i fursake, to þe niþe cne; ihesu crist, mi louerd, to þe i take me. c1325 (c1300) (Calig.) 5406 Þe niþe ȝer of is kinedom. α. OE (2001) I. lxxvii. 68 Sing þærofer viiii Pater nostra; æt þam nigeðan æt libera nos a malo, bred hy [sc. the plant] þonne up. a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris (1873) 2nd Ser. 137 (MED) His michelnesse was unhiled on ten fold wise..þe nigeðe is þat þe heuenliche þremnesse was mid him. c1300 (Harl. 2277) (1845) l. 617 The neoȝethe [law] was, that Peteres pans..To the pope nere not on isend. c1390 in C. Horstmann (1892) i. 245 Þen schaltou wite..þe .xij. Articles of þe fei..Þe Niþe is..Þat in god is þe holygost. 1579 E. K. in E. Spenser May (Gloss) We haue dayly proofes sufficient, but one moste famous of all, practised of Late yeares in Fraunce by Charles the nynth. 1688 R. Holme iii. 190/1 The Knights of St. Stephen..instituted..in honor of Pope Stephen the nineth. 1975 ‘R. Player’ vi. 217 Cardinal Cavalle..had got his red hat from Pius the Ninth. 2013 T. Creed ii. 12 King Henry the Ninth was an ancient sulphur crested cockatoo... He had none of the clichéd vices of talking cockies, such as swearing or hurling insults. B. n.the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > nine > [noun] > division by nine > a ninth a1300 (?c1175) Poema Morale (Jesus Oxf.) 336 in R. Morris (1872) 70 Þeo brode stret..Þat lat þe nyeþe to helle of folke. 1557 R. Record sig. Biiv Sesquinona..a nineth more. 1611 R. Cotgrave at Neufaine A ninth. 1693 (Royal Soc.) 16 575 Why may we not reasonably suppose the Moon..to consist of the same Materials, only four ninths thereof to be Cavity. 1734 J. Vanderlint 15 But an eighth, or a ninth of the Number of Houses, as I shall shew, remain to be filled. 1788 A. Hamilton & J. Madison in 19 Feb. Of this number, one ninth are elected by three hundred and sixty-four persons, and one half, by five thousand seven hundred and twenty-three persons. 1802 C. James at Cannon If the fissure be 1-ninth of an inch deep. 1870 A. Sonnenschein & H. A. Nesbitt ii. 1 Find one ninth..of £57.15s. 1910 I. 756/2 Customs and indirect taxes yield more than three-fifths of the total revenue... The state forests give about one-ninth of the whole. 1986 A. Tuck (BNC) 143 A soldier was expected to pay one-third of his profit to his captain, who then paid one-third of that, in other words one-ninth of the original sum,..to the crown. 2. the world > time > period > a month or calendar month > [noun] > specific day of a month 1589 48 The ninth of Iune vpon sight of one speciall great fire..the Generall sent his Skiffe to the shore, where they found some of our English countrey men. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie (1895) II. 147 Quhilk feild was strukne the nynt of September. 1598 W. Shakespeare ii. iv. 26 To meete me in armes by the ninth of the next month. View more context for this quotation 1653 I. Walton xiii. 246 I shall long for the ninth of May. View more context for this quotation 1715 E. Ward 411 Newark, which had begun to treat before The King surrender'd to the Scottish Pow'r, Did, on the Ninth of the same Month, agree To yield the Town. 1744 M. Byles 32 I sound great Vernon's spreading fame, Round heav'ns expanded arch; Who thund'ring on the Spaniards came On the last ninth of March. a1845 T. Hood (1906) 317 (title) Ode for the Ninth of November. 1947 C. Gray vi. 130 Many devout Beethovenians regard the last movement of the Ninth as the summit of the later master's achievement. 1965 K. S. Davis xv. 602 When..the U.S. Ninth attacked, it encountered a weakened, virtually reserveless enemy. 1991 14 Aug. 19/1 Stan Belinda, the Pirates' fourth pitcher, worked the ninth for his 10th save after Mason got Philadelphia to hit into two double plays in two innings. 1589 A. Jenkinson in R. Hakluyt 355 We were compelled to agree, & to giue the theeues 20. ninthes (that is to say) 20. times 9. seuerall things. 1599 J. Minsheu at Novenas Certaine prayers and oraysons called the ninthes in imitation of the nine festival daies. 1671 R. McWard 244 In the Nynths of Ezrah, Nehemiah, and Daniel. 3. Music. society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > interval > [noun] > ninth-fourteenth 1597 T. Morley 71 Which distances make discord..? Ma.: All such as doe not make concords: as a second, a fourth,..a ninth. 1609 J. Dowland tr. A. Ornithoparchus 21 Now a Tone with a Diapason is a perfect Ninth. 1753 Suppl. App. (at cited word) When an upper part syncopates, the second is accented and treated as a Ninth. 1837 VII. 114/2 The most elegant form which the chord of the Ninth and Seventh assumes. 1864 R. Browning 93 I blunt it into a ninth. 1880 C. H. H. Parry in G. Grove II. 459 The compound intervals called ninths exceed the octave either by a tone or a semitone; if the former the ninth is called ‘major’, if the latter it is called ‘minor’. 1941 W. Piston (1978) xxiv. 371 Both fifth and seventh may be included with the ninth, representing a seventh chord in first inversion. 1994 433/1 Compound intervals are those greater than an octave, e.g. C to the D an octave and a note higher, which may be spoken of..as a major ninth. society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > chord > [noun] > other chords a1830 (1845) IV. 799 As to pentachords, such as what have been called the major and minor ninth, and compound sharp sixth,..they are..only chords of the seventh..with a fifth note violently forced in. 1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett 303/2 Chord of the minor ninth..consists of a dominant, its major third, major (perfect) fifth, minor seventh, and minor ninth. 1926 A. Niles in W. C. Handy iii. 16 The device..of ending up the tune on the diminished seventh chord..lately sometimes on the chord of the ninth. 1934 C. Lambert i. 26 The ninths and elevenths and whole-tone chords that form the stock-in-trade of Debussy's early mannered style. 1952 B. Ulanov xix. 238 I was full of ideas. Augmented chords. Ninths. C. adv.the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > nine > [adverb] > ninthly 1526 (de Worde) f. 292v Nynth, they be mortifyed from all inwarde affeccyon & delectacyons. 1855 27 Jan. 158/2 Ninth, I claim the stationary smoothing and pressing plate 16, arranged as described. 1967 A. Djoleto vi. 96 Eighth, no boy has the right to attempt to argue... Ninth, no boy shall neglect any domestic chores assigned to him. Compounds C1. Compounds of the adjective. the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > nine > [noun] > division by nine > a ninth OE 53 Se mon se þe wile þone heofonlican gefean begytan..dæle þeah his ælmessan forþ of þon nigeoþan dælon. a1225 (?c1175) Poema Morale (Digby) clxiii, in (1878) 1 28 Þet ledeð þo niȝende [a1225 Trin. Cambr. nieðe] del to helle. the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > nine > [noun] > division by nine > a ninth 1598 W. Shakespeare iii. i. 136 Ile cauill on the ninth part of a haire. View more context for this quotation 1654 M. Stevenson 95 Cord first his hands and feet, Then if you can, Stand toot, and throw the ninth part of a man. 1771 T. Smollett II. 208 That rogue, your sarvant, who came like a tief, and..made her believe I was a taylor; and that she was going to marry the ninth part of a man. 1837 J. R. McCulloch II. iv. viii. 438 In Ireland..the adherents of the Established Church do not exceed one ninth part of the population. 1880 Jan. 60 There are those who know perfectly well that if, in 1875, Francis Joseph of Lorraine had had the pluck of the ninth part of a man, he might have done all. 1975 (Nexis) 20 Dec. 43 At this week's energy conference, France, the host, had the ninth part of the seat allocated to the European community. C2. Compounds of the noun. society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > chord > [noun] > other chords 1889 Oct. 573/2 Sometimes, though quite rarely, the bird begins a third higher than in No. 10 [sc. Figure 10], and thus reaches the dominant ninth chord. 1926 23 325 One ninth chord was once an abomination to all human ears. Then it became a hauntingly delightful dissonance. 1991 75 iii. 352 One might accuse Schubert of faintheartedness for eliminating the very intense ninth chord at ‘Weite’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). <  adj.n.adv.OE |
