odvisno

Odvisno is a Slovenian term meaning dependent or contingent. It functions as the neuter singular form of the adjective odvisen and is also used as an adverb to express conditionality, roughly translating to “it depends.” The word appears in everyday speech as well as in legal, economic, and media language to indicate that a result or decision is not fixed but determined by a factor.

As a predicative adjective, odvisno can stand in impersonal constructions: “To je odvisno” (That is dependent / That depends). With a noun, the adjective agrees in gender and number: “Projekt je odvisen od financiranja” (masculine singular); “Določitev je odvisna od rezultatov” (feminine singular); “Cene so odvisne od stroškov” (feminine plural). The common construction “odvisno od” introduces a conditioning factor: “odvisno od pogojev” (depending on conditions).

Grammatical forms include odvisen (masc. sing.), odvisna (fem. sing.), odvisno (neut. sing. and predicative form), with plurals odvisni (masc.) and odvisne (fem. or mixed). The term is closely related to odvisnost, meaning dependence or addiction, and to phrases such as “odvisnost od nečesa,” which describe the basis for a given outcome or state.

See also: odvisnost; odvisen; odvisno. The word remains a common tool in Slovenian for signaling that a result is contingent on particular factors, conditions, or inputs.