Palyginimams

Palyginimams is the dative plural form of the Lithuanian noun palyginimas, meaning “comparisons” or “the act of comparing.” In Lithuanian grammar it appears when the noun denotes the indirect object or beneficiary of an action related to comparison. The form is built from the stem palyg- (from palyginti “to compare”) plus the noun-forming suffix -imas and the dative plural ending -ams. This pattern is typical for masculine, second-declension nouns in the plural dative.

In usage, palyginimams is found mainly in formal or scholarly texts that discuss linguistic analysis, rhetoric, or data interpretation where multiple comparisons are involved. The construction signals that the comparisons are the target or recipient of the action described by the verb. The term is not common in everyday speech, where speakers tend to use palyginimai or palyginimas for more general references to comparison.

See also: palyginimas, palyginimai, Lithuanian grammar, cases, and morphological patterns of noun formation.