poslovnim

Poslovnim is a grammatical form rather than a standalone word. It is an inflected form of the adjective poslovni, which means business or commercial in several South Slavic languages, including Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, and Slovenian. Specifically, poslovnim is the instrumental singular form used with masculine or neuter nouns when the noun phrase is in the instrumental case.

In use, poslovnim appears in phrases where the instrumental case is required, often after prepositions that govern this case. For example, in Croatian and Bosnian/Serbian you can encounter sa poslovnim partnerom, meaning with a business partner. In Slovenian the equivalent is s poslovnim partnerjem, also meaning with a business partner. The form can also appear with other business-related nouns, such as sa poslovnim planom (with a business plan) or s poslovnim namenom (with a business purpose), depending on the language.

Poslovnim is one of several inflected forms of the root adjective poslovni. Other forms express different cases and numbers (for example, poslovni in the nominative singular, poslovno as a neuter form in some contexts) and are used to describe different grammatical relationships within a sentence. The term is typically found in formal, administrative, or business-related language.

See also: poslovni, poslovnost, business terminology in Slavic languages.