moksliniais

Moksliniais is the instrumental plural form of the Lithuanian adjective mokslinis, meaning “scientific.” It is used to modify masculine or neuter plural nouns in the instrumental case and often signals relation to science or the use or purposes of science.

Common uses appear in phrases such as moksliniais tikslais (for scientific purposes), moksliniais tyrimais (through scientific research), and moksliniais metodais (by scientific methods). The corresponding feminine instrumental plural form is mokslinėmis, as in mokslinėmis priemonėmis (with scientific means).

Etymology and related forms: The word derives from the noun mokslas (science, knowledge) with the adjectival suffix -inis. Related forms include mokslinis (masculine singular), mokslinė (feminine singular), and moksliniai (masculine plural). These forms are widely used in academic, administrative, and policy language in Lithuania.

Usage notes: Moksliniais is common in scholarly writing, research reports, and official documents to attribute methods, purposes, or characteristics to science. It coexists with phrases using other grammatical cases, such as moksliniais darbais (with scientific works) or mokslinė literatūra (scientific literature). The term helps distinguish content, methods, and aims as grounded in scientific inquiry.