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chaṭṭhaṁ

chaṭṭha

ordinal number, accusative singular neuter

1. sixth

Built from

• chaṭ — root · six
  The cardinal number six, from PIE *sweḱs. Cognates: English six, Latin sex, Greek hex.
• tha — ending · ordinal suffix
  Forms ordinal numbers from cardinals. Marks position in sequence.
• aṁ — ending · accusative singular neuter
  Accusative singular neuter ending; object case in this sentence.

Etymology. From the same Indo-European root as English 'six' (from PIE *sweḱs); compare Sanskrit ṣaṣṭha. The -tha suffix marks ordinal numbers (as in paṭhama 'first', dutiya 'second').

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

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