Usporavajui

Usporavajui is a form that appears as a nonstandard or rare transcription of the present active participle usporavajući, which comes from the verb usporavati (to slow down) in South Slavic languages such as Croatian, Serbian, and Bosnian. The term expresses a concurrent or accompanying action of slowing something down and is used in participial phrases.

Morphology and standard usage: the standard present active participle for verbs in -avati is typically formed with the suffix -avajući, yielding forms like usporavajući for masculine singular. The form usporavajui would be considered an irregular or incorrect orthographic variant in formal writing and dictionaries. In correct usage, the participle agrees with the noun it modifies in gender and number and can function within a sentence as part of a participial phrase.

Examples: In typical usage, one might encounter sentences such as "Vozac, usporavajući vozilo, radio je na sigurnosti." meaning "The driver, slowing down the vehicle, acted with care." The participle can also appear in adjectival phrases: "usporavajući tempo" (slowing down the tempo). Related forms include the noun usporavanje (the act of slowing down) and the verb usporiti (to slow down, in perfective aspect).

Notes and related terms: Usporavajući is the standard masculine singular present active participle; feminine and neuter forms are usporavajuća and usporavajuće, respectively. The root is from uspor- with the Prefix u- and the suffix -ava- + -jući, common to many -avati verbs. See also usporavanje, usporiti, and the broader category of participles in Serbo-Croatian grammar.