Panaszát

Panaszát is a Hungarian grammatical form meaning “his/her/its complaint” used when the complaint is referred to as a definite, third-person possession and functions as the direct object of a verb. It is formed from the noun panasz (complaint) plus the third-person possessive suffix and the definite direct-object suffix. The result marks both ownership (by someone specific) and definiteness of the object.

In practice, panaszát appears in sentences where a speaker is describing a particular person’s complaint as something acted upon or reported. It is common in formal writing, legal or administrative contexts, and in narrative prose where a definite object needs emphasis. For example:

- Elmondta panaszát. (He stated his complaint.)

- Beadta panaszát a hivatalhoz. (He submitted his complaint to the office.)

Panaszát contrasts with other possessive forms of panasz used in different syntactic contexts. The base noun panasz is simply “complaint,” and its other possessive forms (such as panaszom, panaszod, panasza, etc.) occur when the ownership relation is stated without necessarily marking the object as definite. Hungarian morphology therefore uses panaszát specifically to indicate a third-person possession that is being treated as a definite object within the sentence.