timovima

Timovi are groups of people organized to achieve common goals, and is used in Croatian, Serbian, and Bosnian to mean “teams.” The term denotes several teams and can describe sports teams, work teams, or research groups. Timovi is the nominative plural, while timovima is the dative or instrumental plural form, used in phrases such as dodeljene nagrade timovima (awards to the teams) or sa timovima (with the teams). Other related forms include tim (singular), tima (genitive singular), and timova (genitive plural).

Grammar and usage notes: tim is a masculine, inanimate noun. Its main forms in the plural are timovi (nominative), timova (genitive), and timovima (dative/instrumental). Common collocations include sportski timovi (sports teams), poslovni timovi (business teams), and projekat timovi (project teams). Phrases such as u timovima (in teams) and sa timovima (with teams) are routinely used in everyday speech and writing.

Origin and context: tim is a loanword from English team, adopted into South Slavic languages in the 20th century. Today it is a standard term in sports reporting, corporate communication, and collaborative work to refer to groups that coordinate to complete tasks.