No. 16,981 in Polish
wysp
"Wysp" is the genitive plural form of "wyspa," meaning "islands" in English.
In a sentence
Podróżowaliśmy wśród pięknych wysp na Morzu Karaibskim.
We traveled among beautiful islands in the Caribbean Sea.
Here, 'wysp' is the plural genitive form of the word 'wyspa' (island), used to describe being among islands.
Mapa pokazuje wszystkie wysp Polskiego Wybrzeża.
The map shows all the islands of the Polish Coast.
In this sentence, 'wysp' represents the genitive plural form, used to denote possession or quantity of islands.
Nie mogłem policzyć wszystkich wysp w archipelagu.
I couldn't count all the islands in the archipelago.
The use of 'wysp' here highlights the inability to enumerate the islands, again as a genitive plural.
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