tretja

Tretja is the feminine singular nominative form of the Slovenian ordinal adjective meaning “the third.” It belongs to a gendered triplet of forms used for ordinals: tretji for masculine nouns, tretja for feminine nouns, and tretje for neuter nouns. As such, tretja is used to modify feminine nouns and to indicate position in a sequence.

Usage of tretja occurs in standard Slovenian sentences where an ordinal position is being described. It is commonly used with feminine nouns such as knjiga (book), kapitola (chapter), stran (page), or pesem (song). Examples include tretja knjiga (the third book), tretja kapitola (the third chapter), tretja stran (the third page), and tretja pesem (the third song). Like other adjectives in Slovenian, tretja agrees with the gender, number, and case of the noun it modifies.

Declension and grammar follow the general pattern for Slovenian adjectives. The form changes according to the noun’s case and number, and it aligns in gender with the noun it describes. This makes tretja a versatile part of speech for counting, ordering, and specifying items in lists or sequences, particularly when the described noun is feminine.

Etymologically, tretja is derived from the cardinal number tri (three) through the standard Slovenian method of forming ordinals, resulting in a gender-specific adjective used in everyday language.

See also: prvi, drugi, tretji.