naujien

Naujien is a term that appears in Lithuanian language as a historical or dialectal form related to the concept of news or novelty. In contemporary standard Lithuanian, the primary nouns used to talk about information that is new are naujiena (singular) and naujienos (plural). Naujiena denotes a single news item or a piece of information that is new, while naujienos refers to news in general or to news as a collection, such as a news program or a news portal.

Etymology and usage notes: The word is derived from the adjective naujas meaning new, with a nominal suffix that yields an abstract noun. The form naujien has been seen in older texts and some regional dialects, but it is not common in modern standard Lithuanian. Today, naujiena and naujienos are the standard terms, and naujien is typically avoided in formal writing unless quoting or referencing historical language.

In contemporary usage, naujienos appear in media and everyday speech as the umbrella term for current events. Common phrases include naujienos portalas (news portal), naujienų programa (news program), and naujienos šiandien (today’s news). The word naujiena can also carry nuances of novelty or a newly available development beyond strictly journalistic news.

Translations and related terms: In English, the corresponding word is news. Related Lithuanian terms include naujienos (the news as a whole), naujiena (a single news item or a novelty), and naujas (new), which is the root used to form related nouns and adjectives.

See also: naujiena, naujienos, naujas.