No. 15,124 in Polish
rz
In Polish, "rz" is a digraph representing a voiced retroflex fricative sound, similar to the English "zh" in "measure."
In a sentence
Rzeka płynie przez miasto.
The river flows through the city.
The word 'rz' is part of the word 'rzeka', which means 'river', and it's pronounced as /ʃ/.
Mam wrażenie, że pada deszcz.
I have the impression that it's raining.
Here, 'rz' appears in the word 'wrażenie', meaning 'impression', demonstrating its usage within a noun.
Przyjrzałem się rzeźbie w muzeum.
I looked closely at the sculpture in the museum.
In this sentence, 'rz' exists in the word 'rzeźbie', which stems from 'rzeźba' meaning 'sculpture', showing its use in object-related contexts.
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