No. 12,192 in Polish
materacu
"Materacu" means "mattress" in English (genitive or locative singular form).
In a sentence
Śpię na materacu, który jest bardzo wygodny.
I am sleeping on a mattress that is very comfortable.
The word "materacu" here is the locative form, used after the preposition "na" to denote location.
Znalazłem zagubiony telefon pod materacem.
I found the lost phone under the mattress.
In this sentence, the word "materacem" represents the instrumental case, highlighting its role in conjunction with the preposition "pod."
Kupiliśmy nowy pokrowiec na materac w sklepie meblowym.
We bought a new cover for the mattress at the furniture store.
Here, "materac" is in its basic nominative form as the object of the preposition related to its direct case usage.
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