No. 7,987 in Polish
nagrobek
Tombstone or gravestone.
In a sentence
Na cmentarzu widziałem piękny nagrobek wykonany z marmuru.
In the cemetery, I saw a beautiful tombstone made of marble.
Here, the word highlights the memorial structure itself, describing its materialistic attributes.
Rodzina zebrała się wokół nagrobka, aby uczcić pamięć zmarłego.
The family gathered around the tombstone to honor the memory of the deceased.
Here, 'nagrobek' serves as a physical location around which an event or action occurs.
Na nagrobku wygrawerowano wzruszającą inskrypcję.
A touching inscription was engraved on the tombstone.
In this sentence, the word indicates a specific surface on which an action is performed—engraving.
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