No. 5,804 in Polish
zakonu
"Zakonu" is the genitive or locative form of "zakon," meaning "of the religious order" or "in the religious order" in English.
In a sentence
Klasztor należał do zakonu Dominikanów.
The monastery belonged to the Dominican order.
The word 'zakonu' is used in the genitive case here to indicate possession, describing which order the monastery belonged to.
Historia tego zakonu jest niezwykle inspirująca.
The history of this order is extremely inspiring.
Here 'zakonu' is also in the genitive case and is used to specify the order whose history is being referred to.
Podczas wędrówki napotkaliśmy członka średniowiecznego zakonu.
During our hike, we encountered a member of a medieval order.
In this sentence, 'zakonu' is again in the genitive case because it specifies which kind of member was encountered—one from a medieval order.
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