Sprendimais

Sprendimais is the instrumental plural form of the Lithuanian noun sprendimas, which generally means a solution or a decision. This grammatical form is used to express the means or instruments by which something is done, or to indicate the ways in which a problem is addressed. While sprendimas denotes a single solution and sprendimai denotes multiple solutions in the nominative, sprendimais functions as a case-form used within sentences.

In practice, sprendimais appears in contexts where the means or method are being described. It is not typically treated as a separate concept, but rather as the grammatical form that accompanies verbs and prepositions that govern the instrumental case. For example, phrases that mean “based on solutions” or “relying on solutions” may use sprendimais to indicate the instrumental element.

In different domains, the plural noun sprendimai is more common when speaking about the solutions themselves as items (for example, various solutions to a problem). Sprendimai is widely used in mathematics, science, business, and IT to refer to concrete solutions or proposed courses of action. The instrumental form sprendimais may appear in more complex sentences that emphasize the manner or means by which outcomes are achieved, such as “remtis sprendimais” (to rely on/to base on solutions).

Related terms include sprendimas (singular), sprendimai (nominative plural), and phrases describing the process of finding or selecting solutions, such as sprendimų procesas. Sprendimais thus serves an important grammatical role in describing the means of addressing problems, rather than introducing a separate lexical category.