Nustatyti

Nustatyti is a Lithuanian verb meaning to determine, establish, set, fix, or appoint. It is used when decisions, rules, measurements, schedules, prices, or limits become official or definite. The verb can indicate the act of fixing something so that it is no longer flexible, such as determining the date of an event, setting a deadline, or establishing terms of a contract.

Origins and form: The form comes from the prefix nu- joined to the verb stem statyti, giving a sense of bringing something to a definite state. As a perfective verb, nustatyti emphasizes the completion or finality of the action, and a related participle is nustatytas, used to describe something that has been determined.

Usage: Common collocations include nustatyti laiką (to set a time), nustatyti datą (to determine a date), nustatyti kainą (to set a price), and nustatyti taisykles (to establish rules). In legal and administrative language it often appears in clauses that authorize or require a decision. For example, in English explanations one might say that a court or authority has "set the deadline" or "determined the terms."

Declension and morphology: Nustatyti is a finite verb and forms various tenses and moods through standard Lithuanian verb conjugations. The noun form nustatymas denotes an act of determining or a determination; the adjective nustatytas denotes something that has been determined. These related forms are commonly used in official and technical language.