charakteristikami

Charakteristikami is the instrumental plural form of the noun meaning “characteristic” in several Slavic languages. In Polish the corresponding form is charakterystykami, while in Russian and Ukrainian the equivalent appears as характеристиками in Cyrillic script. The exact spelling varies by language, but all forms share the core meaning related to features, attributes, or properties of a subject.

In grammar, instrumental plural forms like charakteristikami are used to indicate means, accompaniment, or a set of attributes within descriptive or analytic clauses. They commonly appear with verbs of describing, analyzing, or listing features, and with prepositions that govern the instrumental case, such as “with” or “by means of” in the respective language. The function is to present the features or characteristics of a thing, person, dataset, product, or phenomenon.

In scholarly and technical writing, the term and its equivalents are used to summarize or enumerate attributes, specifications, criteria, or parameters. For example, one might discuss the characteristics of a product or the features observed in a study, using the instrumental plural form to group or relate those features to the subject.

The concept aligns with the English word “characteristics” and with related terms such as characteristic features, properties, and parameters. Etymologically, it derives from a root meaning character or mark, with suffixes that form abstract nouns and the instrumental plural. See also characteristic, characteristics, and characteristics in data analysis.