No. 259 in Lithuanian

pacientų

"Pacientų" means "of patients" in English.

In a sentence

Gydytojas rūpinasi pacientų sveikata.
The doctor takes care of the patients' health.
In this sentence, 'pacientų' is a genitive plural form meaning 'of the patients', indicating possession.
Daug pacientų laukia eilėje.
Many patients are waiting in line.
Here, 'pacientų' is used in the genitive plural form to quantify the noun 'daug' (many), conforming to the rules of correlation between quantity expressions and noun cases in Lithuanian.
Mes girdėjome apie pacientų problemas.
We heard about the patients' problems.
In this usage, 'pacientų' is the genitive plural form, connected to the preposition 'apie' which requires the genitive case in this context, indicating the subject of discussion.

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