Istorines

Istorines is the feminine plural form of the Lithuanian adjective istorinis, meaning historical. It is used to describe feminine plural nouns in contexts such as research, literature, and journalism, signaling that the nouns refer to events, objects, or concepts from the past.

In Lithuanian, adjectives agree with the gender, number, and case of the nouns they modify. The basic forms include masculine istorinis, feminine singular istorinė, and feminine plural istorines. The stem is istor-, related to the noun istorija (history). In other grammatical cases, the endings change as with other adjectives; for example, feminine plural genitive is istorinių, as in istorinių knygų (of historical books).

Common usages include phrases such as istorinės knygos (historical books), istorinės nuotraukos (historical photographs), and istorinės įžvalgos (historical insights). The word denotes a past-oriented scope rather than contemporary or fictional content, and translations into English typically render it as “historical.” Because Lithuanian adjectives are not capitalized unless starting a sentence or part of a proper noun, istorines appears in lowercase in standard text.

Istorines functions as a grammatical form rather than a standalone lexeme. Its exact meaning depends on the feminine plural noun it modifies, and it can appear across genres—from academic writing to news reporting—to convey that the referenced material relates to history. Related forms include istorinis (masculine) and istorija (history).