Procijenila

Procijenila is a verbal form used in South Slavic languages such as Croatian, Bosnian, and Serbian. It represents the feminine singular past tense form of the perfective verb procijeniti, meaning to evaluate, assess, or estimate. As a past-tense form, procijenila indicates that a female subject completed the act of evaluating.

Etymology and grammar notes: the verb procijeniti is built from the root cijeniti (to value) with the prefix po-, which conveys a sense of completion or thoroughness. The past tense forms reflect gender and number, with procijenila being feminine singular, procijenio masculine singular, and procijenili masculine plural, among others. Because procijeniti is a perfective verb, its past tense typically denotes a single, completed action rather than a continuous process.

Usage and examples: procijenila is commonly used in narrative or reported speech to attribute an evaluation to a female subject. Examples include: Ana je procijenila da su troškovi previsoki. Ona je procijenila vrijednost nekretnine. In contexts referring to a male or plural subject, different forms such as procijenio or procijenili would be used.

Related terms: a closely related verb is ocijeniti, which also means to evaluate or rate, though with a slightly broader nuance. The form procijenila specifically marks feminine singular past tense and is one of several gendered past-tense forms derived from procijeniti.