Specializuojantis

Specializuojantis is a Lithuanian present active participle formed from the verb specializuotis, meaning to specialize or to focus one’s professional activity on a particular field. As a participle, specializuojantis functions as an adjective and agrees with the noun it modifies in gender, number, and case. It denotes an ongoing process of specialization rather than a completed state.

The form is commonly used in professional, educational, and journalistic contexts to describe individuals or entities that concentrate their work on a specific area. It conveys that the subject is actively pursuing or conducting specialization, such as training, study, or focused practice. This distinguishes it from the related past participle specializuotas, which typically indicates that someone or something is already specialized.

Morphology and usage examples: specializuojantis gydytojas (a physician who specializes), specializuojantis inžinierius (an engineer who specializes), įmonė, specializuojanti paslaugas Lietuvoje (a company that specializes in services in Lithuania). In ordinary speech and writing, the participle often appears in attributive position before a noun, but it can also function predicatively with appropriate copular constructions.

Related terms include specializacija (specialization) and the verb specializuotis (to specialize). The word emphasizes ongoing development and expertise development within a subfield, rather than a finalized qualification.

See also: specializacija, specializuotis, specializuotas.