Otpadnih

Otpadnih is an inflected form of the Slavic adjective otpadni, used in Croatian, Serbian, and Bosnian to indicate that something relates to waste. In English, it is often rendered as "waste-" in compound terms such as waste-related. The form otpadnih is the genitive plural (and other oblique cases) of the adjective, used when describing a noun in a case that requires that ending, for example otpadnih voda (wastewater) or otpadnih materijala (waste materials).

Etymology and usage context: The stem otpad comes from the noun otpad meaning waste or refuse. The adjective otpadni, formed with the suffix -ni, carries the meaning "waste-related." The genitive plural form otpadnih is common in technical, environmental, and regulatory language, where it modifiers nouns to indicate that the referenced items pertain to waste management, treatment, or disposal.

Examples and domains: In everyday and professional discourse, otpadnih appears in phrases such as otpadnih voda (wastewater), otpadnih materijala (waste materials), otpadnih tvari (waste substances), and otpadnih proizvoda (waste products). It is frequently encountered in environmental policy, water treatment, recycling, and waste-management contexts, where precise terminology helps distinguish between waste-related topics and other material categories.

See also: otpad (waste), otpadna voda (wastewater), otpadne materije (waste substances), reciklaža (recycling).