posveene

Posveene is a linguistic term referring to an ASCII transliteration of the Slavic adjective posvećene, which means devoted or dedicated. In standard orthography used in Croatian, Serbian and Bosnian, posvećen is the masculine base form; its feminine plural form is posvećene, used with feminine plural nouns to convey “devoted ones.” The form also appears in other inflected shapes depending on gender and number.

In plain-text writing where diacritics are omitted, the feminine plural posvećene is frequently rendered as posvecene, and in some cases as posveene depending on the transcription. Thus, posveene is not a separate lexical item but a surface variant that arises from transliteration and orthographic simplification. The exact ASCII rendering can vary by language, locale, and typographic conventions.

Usage notes: posvećene (or its ASCII variants) is commonly found in religious, literary, and historical contexts where devotion or dedication is described. Examples include phrases describing devoted people or devoted efforts, such as a group of posvecene osobe (devoted people) or posvecene misije (devoted missions) in standard orthography.

Relation to other terms: posvećivanje refers to the act or process of consecration or devotion, while posvećen serves as the root meaning “devoted.” The forms in the POS/grammar system illustrate how a single lexical concept is expressed across genders and numbers, with transliteration variants arising in non-diacritic text.

See also: posvećen, posvećivanje, posvećene.