Pasikartojani

Pasikartojani is a Lithuanian participle form used as an adjective meaning recurring or repetitive. It is derived from the verb pasikartoti, which means to occur again or to recur. In use, pasikartojani describes events, conditions, or phenomena that happen repeatedly, rather than occurring once.

From a grammar perspective, pasikartojani is a participial adjective and aligns with the noun it modifies in gender, number, and case. Lithuanian participles of this type have several inflected forms, such as pasikartojantis (masc), pasikartojanti (fem), and pasikartojantys (masc plural), allowing them to function as ordinary descriptive modifiers in sentences. They can appear before the noun or after it, depending on emphasis and syntactic construction.

Common usage is found in medical, scientific, and general contexts. In medical writing, it frequently describes conditions that reappear, for example, a pasikartojanti infekcija (recurrent infection) or pasikartojanti ligos ataka. In everyday language, it can characterize repeated problems or events, such as a pasikartojanti problema.

Examples:

- Pasikartojanti infekcija dažnai reikalauja išsamesnių tyrimų. (A recurring infection often requires more extensive testing.)

- Ši pasikartojanti problema trukdo projektui. (This recurring problem disrupts the project.)

- Mokslininkai dokumentavo pasikartojančias epidemijas regione. (Researchers documented recurring epidemics in the region.)

See also: pasikartojimas (recurrence/repetition), pasikartoti (to recur), recurring phenomena in medical and scientific terminology.