administrativnim

Administrativnim is a grammatical form found in several South Slavic languages (such as Croatian, Bosnian, Serbian, and Slovene). It represents the instrumental singular form of the adjective meaning administrative. The word itself does not carry a separate lexical meaning beyond this inflected form; its sense is determined by the noun it modifies and by grammatical case.

In these languages, adjectives inflect to agree with the gender, number, and case of the nouns they describe. Administrativnim appears when the modified noun is in the instrumental case in the singular. This form is typically used in formal, bureaucratic, or legal contexts to indicate something related to administration that is being used as a means, instrument, or method.

Typical usage involves phrases where administration is the medium or instrument of action. Examples (illustrative, language-dependent) include constructions like s administrativnim sredstvom (with an administrative means) or u skladu s administrativnim pravilima (in accordance with administrative rules). The exact feminine and plural forms of the adjective would differ according to the noun’s gender and number.

Because administrative terminology often traverses multiple dialects and standard varieties, you may encounter slight variations in the surrounding grammar or in form choices outside the instrumental singular. Still, administrativnim consistently functions as the instrumental singular inflection of the administrative adjective, signaling instrumentality in relation to administrative matters.

See also: administrative, grammar of adjectives, South Slavic languages, instrumental case.