Postupcima

Postupcima is the instrumental plural form of the noun postupak, used in several South Slavic languages, including Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian. It denotes procedures, steps, or methods by which something is carried out. In practical use, postupci and postupcima appear in legal, administrative, technical, and organizational contexts to describe how actions should be performed or how decisions are reached.

Linguistically, postupcima is formed from the base word postupak (procedure, process) with the instrumental plural ending -ima. This form is typically used after prepositions that require the instrumental case, such as po (according to/through) and u (in), for example po postupcima or u postupcima. The related nominative plural is postupci, while the singular is postupak. The term is widely used in formal discourse and often appears in official documents, guidelines, and procedural manuals.

In usage, postupcima conveys the notion of a set sequence of actions or established rules. Phrases may refer to compliance with procedures, adherence to prescribed steps, or the mechanics of a process. It is common to find references to “postupcima donošenja odluka” (the procedures for issuing decisions) or “po postupcima ispitivanja” (according to the procedures of testing).

See also: postupak, postupci, procedural terminology. Note that postupcima is primarily a grammatical form rather than a standalone concept; its exact meaning depends on the surrounding prepositions and context.