No. 1,968 in Russian
сотен
The word "сотен" is the genitive plural form of "сотня," meaning "hundred" in English.
In a sentence
В его коллекции было более сотен марок.
His collection contained more than hundreds of stamps.
Here, "сотен" is used in the genitive plural form to denote a quantity exceeding 'hundreds'.
Стоимость этой работы всего несколько сотен рублей.
The cost of this work is just a few hundreds of rubles.
In this sentence, "сотен" is again in the genitive plural, paired with 'несколько' indicating a specific quantity of hundreds.
Для городского фестиваля они приготовили сотен пирогов.
For the city festival, they prepared hundreds of pies.
"Сотен" in this context is employed in the genitive case to signify a large count of items, integrated as the direct object of the verb "приготовили".
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