njihova

Njihova is a form of the third-person plural possessive adjective in Serbo-Croatian (Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian). It derives from the plural personal pronoun oni through the genitive stem njih- plus the possessive suffix -ov/-ov(a), and is used to indicate that something belongs to "them" (third person plural).

As an inflected possessive adjective, njihova agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies. It commonly appears with feminine singular nouns (njihova kuća — their house) and with neuter plural nouns (njihova djeca — their children; njihova piva — their beers). In predicative use it can function as a short possessive pronoun meaning "theirs" and must agree with the understood noun: Ovo je njihova (This is theirs, feminine).

The word contrasts with other inflected forms of the same possessive base: njihov (masculine singular), njihovo (neuter singular), njihovi (masculine plural), and njihove (feminine plural). Like other South Slavic possessives, it follows regular agreement and case declension patterns for adjectives.

Pronunciation is typically rendered as /ɲiˈxɔʋa/ (approximate). Comparable possessive constructions exist across Slavic languages, though the exact forms and agreement patterns differ.