Situacijoms

Situacijoms is the dative plural form of the Lithuanian noun situacija, meaning “situations.” It marks the indirect object or reference point in phrases dealing with multiple situations and is common in formal and written Lithuanian. The form is used with verbs and adjectives that govern the dative case and in constructions that express beneficiaries, targets, or contextual relations to situations.

Etymology and usage context: situacija is a loanword from Latin situatio, adapted into Lithuanian through broader European linguistic contact, with widespread use emerging in the 19th–20th centuries. Today situacijoms appears in official prose, policy texts, journalism, education, and everyday language when discussing more than one situation.

Morphology: situacijos (nominative plural), situacijoms (dative plural), situacijų (genitive plural), situacijas (accusative plural), situacijomis (instrumental plural), situacijose (locative plural); and the singular forms include situacija (nom sg) and situacijai (dat sg). This pattern reflects standard Lithuanian noun declension for feminine nouns ending in -a.

Usage notes: situacijoms is typically paired with verbs and adjectives that require the dative, and with phrases that describe actions or attributes directed toward multiple situations. Common collocations include įvairioms situacijoms (“for various situations”) and situacijoms skirtas (“intended for situations”).

See also: situacija, situacijų, situacijose.