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tatiyaṁ

tatiya

neuter accusative singular of tatiya (adjective: ordinal number)

1. third
2. the third one

Built from

• tat- — root · three
  The numeral stem; same root as English 'three' and Latin 'tres'. Appears also in Pali tayo (three), tisso (feminine).
• -iya — ending · ordinal suffix
  Forms ordinal numbers from cardinal numerals; makes the sense "the Nth in sequence". Neuter accusative singular -ṁ marks direct object or other accusative function in this sentence.

Etymology. From the numeral base ta- (three), with ordinal suffix -iya; cognate with Sanskrit tṛtīya, Latin tertius, English third — all from the Indo-European root *trei "three".

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

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