svakodnevno

Svakodnevno is a word used in Serbo-Croatian languages, including Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, and Montenegrin. It is an adverb meaning daily or every day, used to indicate the frequency of actions or to describe routine life. It can also function as an adjective in the inflected forms svakodnevni (masculine), svakodnevna (feminine), and svakodnevno (neuter) when modifying nouns.

Etymology and form: The term is formed from the elements svak (every) and dan (day) with the suffix -no, producing an adverb meaning “every day.” In everyday speech, the two-word phrase svaki dan is also used to convey the same idea, though svakodnevno is common in formal and written language.

Usage and examples: As an adverb, svakodnevno modifies verbs, as in "On ide na posao svakodnevno" (He goes to work daily). As an adjective, it appears in phrases like "svakodnevna rutina" (daily routine) or "svakodnevne aktivnosti" (daily activities). The related noun "svakodnevnost" denotes the concept of everydayness or mundanity.

Relation to related terms: Svakodnevno is closely linked with the adjective svakodnevni and its inflected forms, which describe things that occur on a daily basis or are characteristic of everyday life. It contrasts with two-word expressions like svaki dan, which also mean “every day” but are syntactically distinct features of the language.

See also: everyday life in Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, and Montenegrin linguistics; related cognates in other South Slavic languages.