Pasikartojimas

Pasikartojimas is a Lithuanian noun that denotes the act, process, or result of something occurring again or being repeated. The term broadly covers repetition, recurrence, and relapse, depending on the context. It is formed from the verb pasikartoti, meaning “to recur” or “to repeat,” together with the abstract noun suffix -imas.

In usage, pasikartojimas appears across several domains. In language studies, it can refer to the repetition of sounds, words, or phrases in speech or writing, as well as recurring patterns in discourse. In medicine and health care, pasikartojimas is commonly used to describe the relapse or recurrence of a disease after a period of improvement. In psychology and education, the concept is connected with repetition as a learning technique that supports memory and skill acquisition. In statistics or epidemiology, pasikartojimas can denote the recurrence frequency of an event over time or the rate at which it reappears in a population.

Etymologically, the word reflects Lithuanian morphology: pa- as a prefix indicating a completed or repetitive action, kartoti meaning to repeat, and -imas as a nominal suffix forming an abstract noun.

Pasikartojimas as a concept emphasizes the idea that certain phenomena do not occur only once but reemerge, whether in language, health, learning, or data. Its precise meaning is shaped by the field in which it is used.