Konstrukcij

Konstrukcij is a term used in several South Slavic languages as the non-diacritic rendering of the noun konstrukcija, meaning construction or structure. In standard orthography the headword is konstrukcija. The form konstrukcij appears in texts where diacritics are not used or in data processing.

Etymology: The word derives from Latin constructio via Proto-Slavic roots related to building and shaping. Related forms appear across languages that use similar roots for “to build” or “to compose.”

Usage: In architecture and civil engineering, konstrukcija refers to the framework or system of components that supports a building, bridge, or machine. In linguistics, konstrukcija denotes a syntactic construction, i.e., a recurrent arrangement of words that conveys a particular meaning. In everyday language, the term can also be used more generally to mean a physical or conceptual arrangement.

Variants and morphology: In Croatian, Bosnian, Serbian, and Slovenian, the noun declines in standard orthography as konstrukcija (nominative singular), konstrukcije (dependent forms such as plural nominative or genitive singular), and konstrukciji (dative or locative singular). The non-diacritic form konstrukcij is typically found as a stem in inflected forms like konstrukciji or in contexts where diacritics are omitted.

See also: konstrukcija; konstrukcije; konstrukcija (linguistics); construction; structure.

Notes: The form konstrukcij is not a separate lemma in most dictionaries; it represents a non-diacritic variant of the standard noun or a stem used in inflected endings.