suskaidomas

Suskaidomas is the masculine singular present passive participle of the Lithuanian verb suskaidyti, meaning to split or to divide into parts. It describes a state in which a subject is divided, rather than an action carried out by an agent. The form is used in descriptive, technical, and analytical contexts to indicate division or partitioning.

Formation and usage: The participle stems from the verb suskaidyti, with the prefix su- added to kaidyti (to cut). As a present passive participle, suskaidomas agrees with the subject in gender and number, and feminine singular is suskaidoma. Plural forms change accordingly (e.g., options for masculine and feminine plurals appear in sentences describing multiple items). In practice, it is used to state that something is being divided or has been divided into parts.

Examples and contexts: In technical writing, you may see phrases like “Procesas suskaidomas į etapus,” meaning the process is divided into stages. Another example is “Medžiaga suskaidoma į tris komponentus,” indicating that the material is split into three components. The term is common in fields such as chemistry, physics, mathematics, linguistics, and information theory, where clear partitioning of objects, data, or concepts is described without specifying an agent.

Related terms: The noun form suskaidymas refers to the act or process of dividing. The verb suskaidyti is the base form meaning to split or to divide. These terms are closely connected and frequently appear together in technical and academic Lithuanian texts.