tokovima

Tokovima is the dative and locative plural form of the South Slavic noun tok, meaning flow, current, or stream. The base word tok comes from Proto-Slavic *tokъ and has cognates across related languages. In Croatian, Bosnian, and Serbian, the nominative plural is tokovi, while the dative and locative plural is tokovima. The form is used after prepositions that require the locative or dative cases, such as u tokovima (in the currents) or prema tokovima (toward the flows).

Usage of tokovima covers both literal and figurative senses. Literally, it refers to the movement of liquids, gases, or crowds, for example in phrases like u tokovima rijeka (in the currents of rivers) or tokovi nafte (flows of oil). Metaphorically, tokovi describes movement or exchange in various systems, such as tokovi kapitala (capital flows) and tokovi informacija (flows of information). The term appears in technical, scientific, and journalistic writing to describe dynamic processes and transfer.

Grammatical context: tokovima applies when the noun tok is used in the locative or dative plural. It contrasts with tokovi (nominative plural) and with singular forms such as toku (singular locative) or tok (nominative).

Origin and usage notes: Tok is a productive term in Slavic languages for describing movement, transfer, or progression. Tokovima, as a plural form, helps specify location or direction in discourse about physical flows, as well as abstract flows in economics, information, or traffic.