Nurodantys

Nurodantys is a Lithuanian present active participle form of the verb nurodyti, meaning to indicate, point out, or designate. It functions as a qualitative adjective and agrees with the noun it modifies in gender and number. As a present active participle, it conveys that the subject performs the indicating action.

Morphology and usage: It is the masculine plural nominative form. Other forms exist for different genders and numbers, such as nurodantis (masculine singular) and nurodančios (feminine plural). It is used attributively, for example in nurodantys ženklai “indicating signs,” or can appear in predicate position in some contexts.

Usage in texts: Nurodantys appears mainly in linguistic, grammatical, and technical writing to describe features that signal or point to something. It helps express relations or cues without repeating the main clause, functioning similarly to English participial phrases like “indicating” or “that indicate.”

Examples:

- Nurodantys ženklai rodo, kur reikia pasukti. (The indicating signs show where to turn.)

- Šie terminai yra nurodantys semantinius ryšius tarp dviejų kontekstų. (These terms are indicating the semantic relations between two contexts.)

Notes: The form nurodantys is a grammatical construction rather than a distinct lexical item in English. It belongs to Lithuanian grammar and is most commonly encountered in descriptive linguistics, dictionaries, and advanced language materials that analyze participles and their adjectival use.