No. 17,245 in Polish
zające
"Hares."
In a sentence
Zające spokojnie pasły się na polanie.
The hares were grazing calmly in the glade.
Here, 'zające' is used as the subject of the sentence, referring to the animals being observed and their actions.
Moja babcia opowiadała mi kiedyś o zającach, które widywała w dzieciństwie.
My grandmother once told me about hares she used to see in her childhood.
In this sentence, 'zającach' is the locative plural form of 'zające', used to describe the topic of the grandmother's stories.
W lesie widziałem kilka przerażonych zająców, które nagle uciekły.
In the forest, I saw several frightened hares that suddenly ran away.
Here, 'zająców' is the genitive plural form of 'zające', used to denote possession or amount in reference to the hares.
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