agentinis

Agentinis is a Lithuanian adjective meaning related to an agent. It is formed from the noun agentas (agent) with the suffix -inis and is used in both linguistic and technical contexts to designate agent-related phenomena or methods.

In linguistics, agentinis describes agentive phenomena—grammatical or semantic features that identify the agent, the doer of an action. The term is used mainly in descriptive discussions of voice, agent roles, and how languages encode the actor in events. Lithuanian grammars may employ the term when comparing different ways to express agency across constructions, though the language does not rely on a dedicated “agentive” case.

In technical and applied fields, agentinis commonly appears in the sense of agent-based or agent-driven approaches. In computer science and artificial intelligence, agentinis modeling or agent-based modeling refers to simulating complex systems through autonomous or semi-autonomous agents following simple rules. In this usage, the focus is on interactions among individual agents and the emergent behavior of the system. The concept also appears in areas such as multi-agent systems and agent-oriented programming, where software components act as agents within a larger environment.

Etymology: the term derives from agentas (agent) with the productive Lithuanian suffix -inis, a standard form for creating adjectives.

Usage notes: agentinis is primarily a technical term found in academic, scientific, and professional texts. It can modify a noun (agentinis modelis, agentinė sistema) to indicate agency-focused characteristics. See also agent-based modeling and related concepts in linguistics and computer science.