Irányítóját

Irányítóját is the definite accusative singular form of the Hungarian noun irányító, which translates roughly as "controller" or "directive device." The base irányító can refer to a person who directs or manages something, or to a device that governs a process. The form irányítóját signals that the controller is the direct object of the sentence and that the controller belongs to a third person possessive, as in a phrase like a gép irányítóját (the machine’s controller) or a rendszer irányítóját (the system’s controller). The term is most common in technical contexts.

In engineering and computing, irányító typically designates a control unit, regulator, or software/hardware module that governs a machine, process, or system. Examples include motorirányító (motor controller), process irányító, or other control components. In Hungarian technical vocabulary, related terms include vezérlő (controller), szabályozó (regulator), and kezelő (operator or control panel), with irányító emphasizing directed control or command over a system.

Linguistic note: the suffix -ját that appears in irányítóját encodes both a third-person possessive relationship and the definite direct object case. It results from the combination of the possessive -ja/-e and the definite object ending -t, contracted in spoken and written Hungarian. The word itself is masculine in form only through its grammatical function; Hungarian does not assign gender to nouns.

See also: irányító, vezérlő, szabályozó, kezelő.