Engleskom

Engleskom is a grammatical form of the adjective engleski, used in several South Slavic languages such as Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, and Montenegrin. It means “English” and functions to describe or specify something related to the English language or to England. The form engleskom specifically appears as masculine singular in the dative or locative case, depending on the governing preposition or context, and it is part of a broader set of inflected forms that include engleski (nominative masculine singular), engleskog (genitive), engleskom (dative/locative), engleskim (instrumental), and other feminine and neuter variants.

In practical use, engleskom appears in phrases where a masculine singular noun is being described or in prepositional phrases. Examples include engleskom jeziku (in the English language) or na engleskom (in English). Because it is an adjective form, engleskom does not stand alone as a noun; it requires a noun to modify, or it appears in fixed prepositional expressions.

Etymology: engleskom is derived from the base adjective engleski, itself from the English word English, adapted into Slavic morphology with the standard adjectival suffix -ski to denote pertaining to.

Usage notes: The exact case of engleskom is determined by the sentence structure and the prepositions used. While engleskom is masculine singular, corresponding feminine and neuter forms (engleska, englesko) exist for agreement with their nouns. In encyclopedic or descriptive writing, the term commonly appears as part of larger noun phrases such as engleski jezik or engleskim putem.

See also: engleski jezik, engleski (language), list of Slavic adjective declensions.