pouzdanih

Pouzdanih is a form of the adjective pouzdan, meaning reliable or trustworthy, used in several South Slavic languages such as Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin. It is the genitive plural form, typically appearing in noun phrases to describe characteristics of a group or to indicate “of the reliable ones.” For example, in contexts referring to evidence or people, phrases like pouzdanih dokaza or pouzdanih ljudi are commonly encountered.

In linguistic terms, pouzdan is an adjective that can participate in standard Slavic inflection. The form pouzdanih marks genitive plural and is used when the noun it modifies is in genitive plural or when expressing quantities or parts of a whole. The word is used across both formal and informal registers and can appear in written and spoken language in all four major languages mentioned above.

Usage notes: pouzdanih is not a standalone noun; it serves as an adjective in its genitive plural form. It commonly appears in legal, journalistic, academic, and administrative writing when attributing reliability to groups, pieces of evidence, or sets of people. The corresponding forms for other genders and numbers exist (for example, masculine nominative pouzdan, feminine pouzdana, neuter pouzdano), with pouzdanih functioning specifically as genitive plural.

See also: pouzdati, pouzdan, pouzdano.