Osebnih

Osebnih is the genitive plural form of the Slovenian adjective oseben (personal, private). It is used in phrases that describe personal data, privacy, or attributes related to individuals, and is common in legal and administrative language. A typical construction is varovanje osebnih podatkov, meaning the protection of personal data.

The form arises from the root oseba, meaning person, and shares a cognate with related South Slavic languages. In Slovenian grammar, adjectives decline for gender, number, and case; the genitive plural form of oseben is osebnih. The word family thus underpins terms referring to people and personal attributes.

Examples in Slovenian include: Zakon varuje osebne podatke, meaning the law protects personal data. Another is Zakon zahteva zaščito osebnih podatkov, meaning the law requires the protection of personal data. These phrases are typical in data protection statutes, privacy notices, and official documents.

In neighboring languages, the equivalent form is usually osobiHnih (spelled with slight variation), as in Croatian, Serbian, and Bosnian, where the genitive plural is osobnih podataka or zaštita osobnih podataka. This reflects shared etymology from the noun osoba (person) and related roots for personal data. Overall, osebnih operates as a Slovenian genitive plural marker for phrases about personal data, with closely related forms used in other South Slavic languages.