No. 150 in Lithuanian
šalių
"Šalių" is the genitive plural form of "šalis," meaning "of countries" or "of sides" in English.
In a sentence
Šalių politiniai santykiai pastaruoju metu stipriai pagerėjo.
The political relations of the countries have significantly improved recently.
The word 'šalių' here is the plural possessive form of 'šalis', indicating possession (of the countries).
Mums buvo įdomu palyginti tradicijas iš įvairių šalių.
We were interested in comparing traditions from various countries.
Here, 'šalių' is used in the genitive plural form to describe origins (from different countries).
Projektui reikėjo šalių sutarimo.
The project required the agreement of the parties.
In this sentence, 'šalių' is the plural possessive form referring to 'sides' or 'parties', highlighting their ownership of the agreement.
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