Mladih

Mladih is a grammatical form used in several South Slavic languages to express the concept of “of the young.” It is the genitive plural form of the adjective mlad (meaning young). In standard orthography, the form is typically written as mlađih with the diacritic đ; in ASCII transliteration it appears as mladih. The form is used to modify masculine, feminine, or neuter nouns in the genitive plural.

In practice, mladih appears in phrases that denote a subset or characteristic group of people or things described as young. Common examples include mladih ljudi (young people) and mladih žena (young women). Because it is a genitive plural ending, the meaning generally corresponds to “of the young” or “the young (people)” within a larger sentence. It is not a standalone noun and does not function as an independent entry outside its grammatical role.

Etymologically, mlad comes from Proto-Slavic roots meaning “young,” and mlađi or mladih are its inflected forms used in different cases and numbers. The exact spelling with diacritics varies by language standard (mlađi, mlađih, etc.), but the ASCII form mladih is widely used in plain-text contexts lacking diacritics. The usage and agreement of mladih follow the general rules of adjective declension in Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, and Montenegrin.