No. 5,513 in Russian
пожилых
"Пожилых" means "elderly" or "older people" in English.
In a sentence
Эта программа направлена на помощь пожилых людей.
This program is aimed at helping elderly people.
adjective describing 'людей', applied to specify elderly individuals as the group.
Пожилых часто необходимо поддерживать.
The elderly often need to be supported.
used as a noun (adjective transformed to represent a group of people).
Мы должны заботиться о пожилых в нашем обществе.
We must care for the elderly in our society.
similarly, used to represent a group in society as a noun.
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