ivotinjskim

Iotinjskim appears to be a transliteration or misspelling of a South Slavic adjective form meaning “animal” or “of animals.” The standard form in Croatian, Serbian, and Bosnian is životinjski, and its instrumental plural form is životinjskim. When diacritics are omitted, the form can appear as zivotinjskim; without the initial Ž/ž, the word becomes less recognizable in most contexts. The given string i­votinjskim is not a conventional standard form in those languages.

In these languages, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in gender, number, and case. Životinjski (and by extension its instrumental plural životinjskim) describes things related to animals or animal life. It is used before a noun or in predicate positions, and the accompanying noun changes according to the grammatical case. The instrumental plural form, such as životinjskim, is common after certain prepositions or in constructions requiring the instrumental case.

Usage notes:

- Common phrases include the instrumental plural life of animal-related terms, for example in references to habitats or the animal world: živo­tinjskim staništima or živo­tinjskim svijetom. Exact morphology depends on the noun it accompanies.

- In ASCII texts where diacritics are dropped, life-related forms may appear as zivotinjskim or similar variants; the precise spelling with diacritics is životinjski (adjective) and životinjskim (instrumental plural).

Etymology:

The word derives from životinja (animal) plus the standard Slavic adjectival suffix -ski, forming an adjective meaning "animal-related." The instrumental plural ending -im or -kim indicates grammatical case in the relevant language. See also životinjski, životinja, and related terms.