catassannaṁ

catassanna

genitive plural of catassanna (adjective)

of four perceptions
relating to four perceptions

Built from

catu — root · four
From Indo-European *kʷetwor-; cognate with Latin quattuor, English four. The cardinal number underlying many doctrinal groupings in Buddhist teaching.
ssa — ending · genitive plural
Genitive case marks possession or relation; plural form agrees with the plural noun being modified.
nna — ending · genitive plural
Pali genitive plural ending -nnaṁ; marks the noun phrase as genitive, indicating the four perceptions to which something belongs or relates.

Analysis. catassa (genitive plural of catu "four") + nnaṁ (genitive plural ending); refers to the four perceptions (saññā) enumerated in the Abhidhamma and suttas: perception of impermanence, non-self, suffering, and the loathsome.

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

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