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chaṭṭhī

chaṭṭha

fem nom sg of chaṭṭha (ordin); fem nom pl of chaṭṭha (ordin); fem acc pl of chaṭṭha (ordin); fem voc sg of chaṭṭha (ordin); …

1. chaṭṭha (ordin): sixth (6th)
2. chaṭṭhī (fem): (gram) genitive case

Built from

• cha — root · six
  PIE *sweḱs; cognates Latin sex, English six, German sechs. The cardinal base for ordinal formation.
• ṭṭha — ending · ordinal suffix
  Forms ordinals from cardinals; -tha is the productive ordinal marker in Pali.
• ī — ending · feminine nominative singular
  Feminine singular nominalizing ending; marks the gender and case of this ordinal when used as a substantive or to name the case itself.

Etymology. From chaṭṭha, the ordinal form of cha 'six' (from PIE *sweḱs, cognate with Latin sex, English six). The ordinal derives from the cardinal by regular formation. Chaṭṭhī as a grammatical term names the sixth case in the traditional case system.

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

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