manifestiraju

Manifestiraju is a verb form used in Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian (and Montenegrin) as the present tense, third person plural of the verb manifestirati. The base verb means to manifest, demonstrate, reveal, or display. It can be used both transitively and in reflexive form (manifestirati se) to indicate that something becomes evident or observable.

Etymology and usage context

The verb derives from the adjective manifestan/manifestno meaning clear or evident and is linked to the noun manifest. In South Slavic languages, manifestirati is used in medical, scientific, and general discourse to describe how symptoms, traits, or phenomena become apparent. The reflexive form manifestirati se is common for describing something that appears or shows itself.

Common contexts

- Medical: Simptomi se manifestiraju nekoliko sati nakon uzimanja lijeka. (The symptoms manifest themselves several hours after taking the medication.)

- Scientific or analytical: Ovi podaci manifestiraju trend rasta u posljednjih nekoliko kvartala. (These data manifest a growth trend in recent quarters.)

- Everyday usage: Njegovo nezadovoljstvo manifestira se kroz kritike. (His dissatisfaction is manifested through criticisms.)

Related terminology

Synonyms include pokazuju se, ispoljavaju se, izražavaju. The verb can also appear without reflexive pronoun in some contexts, though the reflexive form is the more natural choice for “to manifest” in many everyday contexts.

Conjugation note

Present tense forms include: ja manifestiram, ti manifestiraš, on/ona manifestira, mi manifestiramo, vi manifestirate, oni manifestiraju. Other tenses follow regular patterns for -irati verbs in these languages.