szósty

Szósty is an ordinal numeral in Polish meaning the sixth. It is used to indicate position or order in a sequence and to label elements by their rank or place. In everyday and formal language it appears before a noun or as part of a larger ordinal phrase, and it also occurs in fixed expressions such as days, months, or positions in lists.

Declension and agreement follow the pattern of other Polish adjectives describing order. The masculine nominative singular form is szósty, the feminine nominative singular is szósta, and the neuter nominative singular is szóste. Like other ordinals, szósty declines for case and number to match the noun it modifies, and its stem changes with inflection (szóst-, szóst- in various forms). The genitive, dative, accusative, and other cases produce corresponding forms (for example, szóstego, szóstej, szósty dzień, szóste dni, etc.).

Etymology traces szósty to the cardinal liczebnik sześć (six) with the standard ordinal suffix -ty, a typical development in Polish for forming ordinals from numerals. The stem szóst- reflects historical sound changes and the regular pattern of Polish ordinal derivation.

Common uses include: szósty dzień miesiąca (the sixth day of the month), szósty miesiąc roku (the sixth month), szósty element tablicy (the sixth element of an array), and idiomatic phrases like szósty zmysł (the sixth sense). Szósty is part of the broader category of porządkowe liczebniki, alongside pierwszy, drugi, trzeci, and so on.

See also: porządkowe liczebniki, sześć, szóstka.