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catūhi

catu

masc instr pl of catu (card); fem instr pl of catu (card); nt instr pl of catu (card); masc abl pl of catu (card); …

1. catu (card): four (4)
2. catūhi (card): with four; by four
3. catūhi (card): from four

Built from

• cat — root · four
  The root underlying the number four across Indo-European languages, with the concrete sense of a group or set of four things. Cognates: English four, Latin quattuor, Sanskrit catvāri.
• ū/hi — ending · instrumental/ablative plural
  The ending -ū marks the instrumental plural (with, by), while -hi marks the ablative plural (from). Both inflect the cardinal catu to express plurality and these oblique cases.

Etymology. From Indo-European *kwetwor- (four). Cognates: Sanskrit catvāri, Latin quattuor, Greek tétares, English four, German vier. The Pali form catu is the stem used in compounds and oblique cases.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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