osobe

Osobe is the plural form of the noun osoba in several South Slavic languages, including Croatian, Bosnian, Serbian, and Montenegrin. It means “persons” or “individuals” and is used to refer to people in general or to members of a specific group. The singular form is osoba.

Grammar and usage: Osoba is a feminine noun; its plural nominative form is osobe. The word is common in formal and official contexts such as statistics, administration, and law, but it also appears in everyday speech. Because it is feminine and plural, adjectives and determiners that modify it agree in feminine plural form (for example, nove osobe, te osobe).

Contexts and examples: In demographic and sociological writing, osobe denotes people as a class—Osobe sa invaliditetom means “People with disabilities.” In legal language, phrases like zaštita osoba refer to the protection of individuals. The term is frequently paired with descriptors to specify types of people, ages, statuses, or roles, such as male or female persons, adults, or employees.

See also: osoba (singular), populacija (population), demographics.