urediti

Urediti is a verb used in several South Slavic languages, including Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, and Montenegrin. It denotes the act of arranging, organizing, or editing something, and can apply to physical spaces, texts, or digital content. The sense encompasses making something orderly, improving its structure or presentation, and can refer to both tidying a room and modifying a document or file.

Etymology and nuance: Urediti derives from the noun ured, meaning order or neatness, with the verb-forming suffix -iti. Related nouns include uređenje (organization, arrangement) and urednost (neatness). The term generally conveys establishing or restoring order rather than merely correcting errors, which is more typical of verbs such as ispraviti or popraviti.

Usage: The verb is transitive and commonly used with direct objects, for example, urediti sobu (to tidy the room) or urediti dokument (to edit the document). It can describe actions ranging from physical rearrangement to polishing a text or spreadsheet. Depending on context and aspect, it can imply both a one-time act and ongoing improvement, as in treba urediti tekst prije objave (the text needs to be edited before publication).

In computing and software: In many Croatian-language interfaces, the label Uredi corresponds to the Edit menu or function, signaling options to modify content such as cut, copy, paste, or delete.

Related terms and contrasts: Srediti is a closely related verb often used for fixing or tidying up, while ispraviti focuses on correcting mistakes. Urediti emphasizes order and presentation, sometimes with a broader sense than simply fixing errors.