No. 136 in Slovenian

bolezni

The Slovenian word "bolezni" translates to "diseases" or "illnesses" in English.

In a sentence

Preprečevanje bolezni je ključno za zdravo življenje.
Preventing diseases is essential for a healthy life.
Here, 'bolezni' refers to diseases in general, functioning as the plural form in the genitive case, used to indicate prevention of these diseases.
Nekateri ljudje se hitro prilagodijo življenju z resnimi boleznimi.
Some people quickly adapt to life with serious diseases.
In this sentence, 'boleznimi' is in the instrumental plural form and is used to describe living with diseases.
Število bolezni, ki se širijo po svetu, zaskrbljujoče narašča.
The number of diseases spreading around the world is alarmingly rising.
Here, 'bolezni' is in the genitive singular form, referring to the number of diseases/reducing the number of diseases spreading worldwide.

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