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pañcamaṁ

pañcama

accusative singular masculine of pañcama (adjective)

1. fifth
2. one of five divisions

Built from

• pañca — root · five
  Cardinal number from the IE root *penkwe, cognate with English five and Latin quinque.
• -ma — ending · ordinal suffix
  Forms ordinal numbers from cardinals; here marks the ordinal adjective "fifth" in its accusative singular masculine form pañcamaṁ.

Analysis. pañca "five" + -ma ordinal suffix; the accusative form is pañcamaṁ

Etymology. pañca from Indo-European *penkwe "five" (English five, Latin quinque, Sanskrit pañca); the ordinal suffix -ma forms ordinals from cardinals in Pali

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

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