Jedince

Jedince is the plural accusative form of the South Slavic noun jedinac, used in Croatian, Bosnian, and Serbian to mean “individuals” or “persons” when those individuals are the direct object of a sentence. The base word jedinac denotes a single person, a unit, or a singleton, and is derived from the numeral jedan meaning “one,” with a suffix that marks a person associated with that quality.

In usage, jedince typically appears where a group of people is being referred to as objects rather than as a subject. For example, a sentence like Vidim jedince would translate roughly as “I see the individuals.” The form is a grammatical inflection rather than a standalone concept in English, and it is primarily encountered in Slavic-language texts or translations rather than in everyday English.

Etymology and related forms: jedinac derives from jedan + -ac, signaling a person who embodies the quality of being “one” or “single.” Related forms include jedinci (the nominative plural) and the base sense of jedinstvo (unity) or jedinica (unit), which share the same root but different grammatical functions.

See also: jedinac, jedinci, jedan, jedinstvo.