soḷasa 1 · soḷasa 2
Soḷasa (cardinal number) [Sanskrit ṣoḍaśa] sixteen D I 128; Snp 1006; Ja I 78 (lekhā); II 87; III 342 (atappiya-vatthūni); V 175; VI 37; Miln 11 (palibodhā); Dhp-a I 129 (°salākā); IV 208 (°karīsa-matta). instrumental soḷasahi D I 31, and soḷasehi D I 139; genitive soḷasannaṃ Ja IV 124. Very frequent in measures of time and space. -°vassa° (16 years ...) Ja I 231, 285; II 43; IV 7; VI 10, 486; Dhp-a I 25 and passim . The feminine — sī acts as ordinal number "sixteenth," in phrase kalaṃ nagghati soḷasiṃ he is not worth a sixteenth particle of A IV 252; S III 156; V 44, 343; Dhp 70; It 19.
(card, card, x pl, comp) sixteen (16) Construction: cha > soḷ + dasa
(ordin, ordin of soḷasa, comp) sixteenth (16th) Construction: cha > soḷ + dasa