puteva

Puteva is a linguistic term found in several South Slavic languages, functioning as the genitive plural form of the noun put, meaning road or path. It denotes "of the roads/paths" and appears in sentences to indicate multiple routes or distances. The root put comes from Proto-Slavic *putъ and is cognate with related terms in many Indo-European languages referring to travel and routes.

Usage: Puteva occurs mainly in grammatical constructs and descriptive passages. In everyday speech you would typically encounter the nominative plural putevi for "the roads," while puteva appears in genitive contexts, such as after numerals or prepositions requiring the genitive case. In place names or descriptive toponyms, elements derived from puteva may appear as part of a compound but are generally treated as common nouns rather than unique proper nouns.

Examples: It may appear in historical or descriptive texts referring to multiple roads or networks, such as descriptions of geography or travel routes.

See also: Put (road/way); Putevi; Puta.

Notes: This article covers the linguistic usage of puteva. For specific grammatical rules, refer to standard Croatian, Bosnian, or Serbian dictionaries and grammar references.