nevidljivih

Nevidljivih is the genitive plural form of the adjective nevidljiv, used in South Slavic languages such as Croatian, Serbian, and Bosnian. The base adjective nevidljiv means invisible or unseen. The form nevidljivih literally conveys “of the invisible” and is applied to masculine, feminine, or neuter nouns when they are in the genitive plural.

In grammar, nevidljivih is used to indicate possession or quantity with a noun in the genitive plural, or in prepositional phrases that require genitive. Examples include nevidljivih čestica (invisible particles) and od nevidljivih sila (from invisible forces). It can also appear in other constructions that describe attributes of plural nouns within narrative or descriptive text.

Etymology: it is formed from the negation prefix ne- and the root vid- meaning “to see.” The adjective vidljiv (visible) and its negation nevidljiv follow a common Slavic pattern where negation is expressed with ne- and the resulting form declines like other adjectives in gender and number.

Usage and context: the term is standard in everyday language as well as in scientific, philosophical, and literary contexts when referring to phenomena that are not directly perceivable, such as nevidljivih čestica (invisible particles) or metaphorical references to unseen forces. It functions across different formal registers, from technical prose to folklore, wherever the genitive plural is required.

Related forms include nevidljiv (masculine base) and vidljiv (visible), which share the same semantic field of visibility and negation.