objavilo

Objavilo is a form of the verb objaviti in South Slavic languages such as Croatian, Serbian, and Bosnian. It is the neuter singular past tense form (past active participle) of objaviti, meaning to publish or to announce. As a participial form, objavilo is used to describe a completed publishing action carried out by a non-gendered subject or in impersonal constructions.

Morphology and related forms include objavio (masculine), objavila (feminine), and objavili (plural). These forms agree with the subject in gender and number, while objavilo specifically agrees with neuter subjects. The verb belongs to the perfective aspect, signaling that the publishing event was completed.

Usage in contemporary texts is common in news reporting, official statements, and journalistic prose. It often appears in sentences that foreground the act of publication: for example, in a sentence like "Objavilo je priopćenje," meaning "It published a press release." In many contexts, the surrounding syntax may switch to other tenses or voices, but objavilo retains its function as the neuter past tense form of the verb.

Etymology traces objavilo to the verb objaviti, formed with the root ob- (prefix related to publishing or making public) and the past-tense suffix -lo, a regular pattern for neuter singular past forms in these languages.

See also: objaviti, past tense in South Slavic languages, participles in Croatian, Serbian, and Bosnian.