No. 3,060 in Polish
pokory
"Pokory" means "humility" or "meekness" in English.
In a sentence
W obliczu trudności okazał dużo pokory.
In the face of difficulties, he showed a lot of humility.
Pokory in this sentence refers to the quality of being humble and modest, especially in challenging situations.
Przyjął krytykę z pokorą i postanowił ulepszyć swoje działanie.
He accepted the criticism with humility and decided to improve his actions.
Here, pokory is in its instrumental case form, 'pokorą', indicating the manner in which the criticism was accepted—'with humility'.
Jego pokora w obliczu sukcesu była godna podziwu.
His humility in the face of success was admirable.
In this example, pokora describes a consistent character trait of being humble even when achieving success.
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