dalyviais

Dalyviais is a Lithuanian grammatical form that serves as the instrumental plural of the noun dalyvis, meaning participant. It designates participants as an object or means in a sentence and appears in contexts where the instrumental case is required, often after prepositions such as su (with) or per (through/by means of).

In everyday usage, the base noun form dalyvis (or the plural dalyviai) is more common when referring to participants in general. Dalyviais, by contrast, functions as a case form and is typically found in written or formal prose, official records, or descriptions of events where the participants are framed as a group interacting with or through something.

Usage notes:

- Dalyviais occurs only as a case form, not as a standalone lexical entry in standard dictionaries.

- It is used with prepositions and in verbal constructions that require the instrumental plural.

- The corresponding singular instrument is dalyvimi, while the base plural is dalyviai.

Examples:

- Komitetas susitiko su dalyviais. (The committee met with the participants.)

- Projektas buvo įgyvendintas su dalyviais bendradarbiaujant. (The project was carried out with the participants cooperating.)

Related terms:

- dalyvauti: to participate

- dalyvis: participant (masculine)

- dalyvė: participant (feminine)

- dalyvavimas: participation

Dalyviais is thus a specific grammatical form tied to the concept of participation, used to express relationships involving participants within Lithuanian syntax.