No. 15,396 in Polish
spalin
"Spalin" is the genitive plural form of "spaliny," meaning "exhaust fumes" or "emissions" in English.
In a sentence
Samochód emituje dużo spalin.
The car emits a lot of exhaust gases.
The word 'spalin' is the genitive plural form of 'spaliny', which means exhaust gases, used here to indicate what is being emitted by the car.
Filtr w moim samochodzie zatrzymuje większość spalin.
The filter in my car captures most of the exhaust gases.
Here, 'spalin' again is in the genitive plural form, specifying what the filter captures.
Zapach spalin jest bardzo nieprzyjemny.
The smell of exhaust gases is very unpleasant.
In this sentence, 'spalin' is used in the genitive plural case to describe the type of smell being referred to.
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