No. 98 in Croatian
bolesti
"Bolesti" means "diseases" or "illnesses" in English.
In a sentence
Razgovarali smo dugo o izazovima kroničnih bolesti.
We talked for a long time about the challenges of chronic diseases.
Here, 'bolesti' is the plural genitive form of 'bolest', referring to diseases.
Nakon bolesti, osjećao se iscrpljeno i umorno.
After the illness, he felt exhausted and tired.
In this sentence, 'bolesti' is in the genitive singular form, signifying 'of the illness'.
Zbog naglog širenja bolesti poduzete su hitne mjere zaštite.
Due to the rapid spread of the disease, emergency protective measures were taken.
'Bolesti' here is the genitive singular form and refers to 'of the disease' as the cause.
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