pojednostaviti

Pojednostaviti is a verb used in several South Slavic languages, including Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, and Montenegrin. It means to make something simpler or less complex, to remove unnecessary elements, or to streamline a process, procedure, or explanation. The action implied is completing the act of simplifying, often with an aim of greater clarity or efficiency. In this sense, it can apply to ideas, instructions, forms, calculations, or systems.

Grammatically,ujenkaj: poj ednostaviti is a perfective verb, which denotes a completed action. Its imperfective counterpart is formed with the verb stem pojednostavlj- in compounds such as pojednostavljati or pojednostavljavati, used for repeated or ongoing simplification. The infinitive is pojednostaviti; the imperative forms include pojednostavi (singular) and pojednostavite (plural). The past tense forms are formed like other perfective verbs: pojednostavio/pojednostavila/pojednostavilo (masculine, feminine, neuter).

Usage and contexts vary from everyday language to specialized domains. Common contexts include simplifying administrative procedures, contracts, or forms; clarifying explanations; and reducing the complexity of a mathematical expression or algorithm. The noun corresponding to the action is pojednostavljenje, sometimes used in formal writing to refer to the act of simplification.

Related terms and nuances include synonyms such as olakšati (to ease) and, in mathematical or logical contexts, to izraz to simplify an expression or problem. While closely related to other forms of simplification, pojednostaviti emphasizes the result of making something simpler rather than the process of easing it over time.

See also: pojednostavljenje; pojednostavljati/pojednostavljati (imperfective forms).