No. 639 in Czech
třetím
The Czech word "třetím" means "third" in the instrumental or locative case.
In a sentence
Jsem na třetím místě v soutěži.
I am in third place in the competition.
The word 'třetím' is used here as the dative or locative case of the numeral 'třetí', modifying 'místě' to indicate its position in the ordinal ranking.
Na třetím rohu odbočte doprava.
Turn right at the third corner.
In this sentence, 'třetím' modifies 'rohu' to specify its ordinal position, using the locative case since it follows the preposition 'na'.
Setkali jsme se na třetím patře budovy.
We met on the third floor of the building.
Here, 'třetím' is in the locative case, modifying 'patře', to indicate a specific location.
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