No. 12,027 in Polish
leku
"Leku" is the genitive or dative singular form of "lek," meaning "medicine" or "drug" in Polish.
In a sentence
Mam potrzebę kupienia tego leku.
I feel the need to purchase this medicine.
In this sentence, 'leku' refers to the medicine in a partitive context, indicating the object of purchase.
Nie znaleźliśmy żadnego leku na tę chorobę.
We could not find any medicine for this illness.
'Leku' here refers to medicine as the object of the search, used in the genitive singular form due to negation.
Dzięki nowemu leku, pacjent czuje się lepiej.
Thanks to the new medicine, the patient feels better.
Here 'leku' appears as the object in the locative case, indicating the means by which the patient experiences improvement.
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