Glavnog

Glavnog is the genitive singular masculine form of the adjective glavni, meaning main, principal, or chief, used in several South Slavic languages such as Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian and Montenegrin. As an adjective, glavni inflects to agree with the noun it modifies; glavnog is used when the noun is masculine and in the genitive case. It often appears in expressions that denote possession, association, or specification, and in many fixed phrases that describe parts, roles, or attributes of institutions or places.

Examples include glavnog grada meaning “of the capital city”; glavnog urednika meaning “of the editor-in-chief”; and glavnog razloga meaning “the main reason.” These illustrate how the form links a central modifier to a masculine noun in the genitive.

Etymology: glavni derives from the root glava, meaning head, via the development of adjectives indicating primary or chief in the Slavic languages. The semantic range extends from “head” in a literal sense to “principal” or “central” in a broader sense.

Usage notes: glavnog is not a standalone noun; it is a case-inflected form of an adjective. In other gender contexts, other genitive forms are used for feminine or neuter nouns. The word commonly appears in formal, descriptive, or administrative text, including media, government, and academia.