uinkovitih

Učinkovitih, often written without diacritics as uinkovitih in non-diacritic texts, is the genitive plural form of the adjective učinkovit, meaning effective or efficient in several South Slavic languages, including Croatian, Serbian, and Slovenian. The nonstandard variant uinkovitih may appear in plain text or older sources where characters such as č are not available.

Etymology and meaning: The adjective učinkovit is derived from the root related to effect or result, such as učinak (effect) in these languages. The suffix -ovit indicates a characteristic or quality, yielding “effective” or “efficient.” The term is used across contexts to describe actions, methods, devices, or policies that produce the desired outcomes with a minimum of waste or effort.

Usage examples: In grammatical phrases, uinkovitih modifies feminine plural nouns in the genitive case. Examples include učinkovitih sredstava (of effective means) and učinkovitih politika (of effective policies). It also appears in policy analysis, healthcare, education, business reporting, and technical writing where evaluators discuss the efficiency or impact of programs and interventions.

Related terms: The related noun učinkovitost denotes efficacy or effectiveness, while adverbial forms such as učinkovito describe the manner in which something is done. Variants in different languages share the same root, with spelling adjusted to each language’s orthography.

See also: učinkovitost; učinkovito; učinkovit (the base adjective).