Dalyvis

Dalyvis is a Lithuanian noun meaning a person who takes part in an activity or event. It can refer to a participant, attendee, or member in various contexts, such as conferences, competitions, studies, or public proceedings. The plural form is dalyviai, and possessive or genitive forms follow standard Lithuanian declension (dalyvio, dalyvio, dalyvių, etc.).

In everyday and formal language, dalyvis is widely used to denote someone who participates in a specified activity. For example, a participant in a conference might be called dalyvis konferencijos, and a group of participants would be dalyvių. The term appears in official documents, event programs, and research reports to describe individuals who contribute or take part.

In linguistic terminology, dalyvis also denotes a participle, a non-finite verb form that expresses action related to a verb and often functions as an adjective or adverb. Lithuanian has active and passive participles, with forms that agree with the noun they describe. Examples include rašantis, the present active participle meaning “writing” or “one who writes”; parašęs, the past active participle meaning “having written”; and parašytas, the past passive participle meaning “written.” Participles are used to form complex predicates, attribute nouns, or express relative meaning within sentences.

Thus, dalyvis covers two related but distinct uses: a common noun for a person who participates in an event or activity, and a grammatical term for a participle form of a verb.