Galutinei

Galutinei is a grammatical form found in the Lithuanian language. It is the feminine singular dative form of the adjective galutinė, which means final or terminal. This form is used with feminine nouns to indicate the indirect object or the recipient of an action, or to express “to the final” or “for the final” in a phrase.

In Lithuanian, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in gender, number, and case. The base adjective galutinė takes the dative singular feminine ending galutinei to fit a feminine noun in the dative case. The form appears in constructions where the noun phrase is the recipient or target of an action, or where the phrase functions as a dative complement.

Common uses include phrases such as galutinei redakcijai (to the final edition) or galutinei versijai (to the final version), where the feminine noun redakcija or versija remains unchanged while the adjective shows its case agreement. Note that galutinei is typically not a standalone word in dictionaries; it is a grammatical ending that attaches to a feminine noun phrase.

Outside Lithuanian studies, galutinei is not a recognized term in English and is usually encountered only within discussions of Lithuanian morphology or grammar. It may appear in grammars, language guides, or linguistic analyses as an example of adjective agreement in the dative case.

See also: galutinė, galutinis, Lithuanian grammar, adjective declension.