pasikeitusios

Pasikeitusios is a Lithuanian grammatical form, functioning as a past passive participle that is feminine plural. It derives from the verb pasikeisti, meaning to change or become different. In use, pasikeitusios describes nouns that have undergone a change and functions as an attributive adjective or a predicative adjective in sentences.

Morphology and usage are straightforward: pasikeitusios is the feminine plural nominative (and often accusative) form of the past passive participle. It can modify feminine plural nouns, for example pasikeitusios nuostatos (the attitudes that have changed) or pasikeitusios taisyklės (the rules that have changed). The form emphasizes a completed change relative to the reference point.

In practice, pasikeitusios is common in contemporary Lithuanian prose and journalism to convey that a set of items, attitudes, policies, or rules has been altered. It helps distinguish changed elements from those that remain the same and can be used in various contexts, from politics and law to culture and everyday life.

Examples:

- Pasikeitusios nuostatos paskatino naujus įstatymus.

- Pasikeitusios taisyklės įtakojo įmonės veiklą.

- Pasikeitusios programos reikalauja naujo įdiegimo proceso.

Etymology and related forms:

Pasikeitusios comes from pasikeisti (to change) with the past passive participle suffixes. Related forms include pasikeitusi (feminine singular), pasikeitę (masculine plural), and pasikeitęs (masculine singular). The root pasikeit- conveys the concept of having undergone a change, while -usios marks feminine plural agreement with the noun.

See also:

- pasikeisti

- pasikeitimas

- change-related Lithuanian adjectives and participles