prisutnim

Prisutnim is a grammatical form used in Serbo-Croatian languages (Croatian, Bosnian, and Serbian) as the masculine plural instrumental/dative form of the adjective prisutan, meaning present, attending, or in attendance. It functions to describe people or things that are present at a location or event, typically in formal or official contexts such as minutes, notices, or attendance lists.

Usage and form

Prisutnim is the form that appears when the head noun is masculine plural and the sentence requires the dative or instrumental case. It is one of several inflections of prisutan, which also includes prisutan (masculine singular nominative), prisutna (feminine), prisutno (neuter), and prisutni (masculine plural). In practice, prisutnim commonly occurs in phrases addressing or referencing the attending members or officials, for example in a sentence like Prisutnim članovima sastanka obratio se predsjednik, meaning “The president addressed the attending members of the meeting.”

Notes

The term prisutan carries the core lexical meaning of presence or attendance, while prisutnim is specifically the grammatical form used with masculine plural nouns in certain cases. It is primarily found in formal writing, official reports, meeting minutes, and other contexts that require precise attendance phrasing.

See also

Prisutan, Prisutna, Prisutno, Prisutni. These related forms cover the gender and number variations of the same adjective in Serbo-Croatian languages.