Tinklui

Tinklui is the dative singular form of the Lithuanian noun tinklas, which means network or mesh. In everyday use, tinklas can denote a physical lattice, a social or technical network, or any system of interconnected parts. The form tinklui is used when the network is the recipient, beneficiary, or target of an action, roughly corresponding to “to the network” or “for the network” in English.

Grammatical role: As the dative singular, tinklui marks indirect object relationships. It appears with verbs that govern recipients or purposes and in phrases describing benefit, aim, or allocation. Example: “Tinklui reikalinga parama” meaning “Support is needed for the network.”

Usage notes: Tinklui is restricted to contexts where the network is the beneficiary or goal of the action. The noun has other forms in different cases and numbers (for example, tinklas in the nominative singular, tinklai in the nominative plural), which are used in parallel to other Lithuanian nouns.

Etymology and cognates: Tinklas comes from Lithuanian roots connected with the idea of connectivity and mesh. It has cognates in related Baltic languages; for instance, Latvian tīkls also means “network.” The dative form tinklui is a standard inflectional variant of tinklas.

See also: tinklas; tīkls (Latvian cognate).