Távokat

Távokat is the plural accusative form of the Hungarian noun táv, which means distance, span, or range. The core sense of táv is the measurable extent between two points, but it can also refer to the reach or applicability of something, such as the operational range of equipment or the scope of a measurement. In everyday language the word táv is common in discussions of geography, navigation, sports distances, and technical specifications, and távokat is used when several such distances are the direct object of a verb.

In Hungarian, the accusative plural távokat is used with transitive verbs to indicate that distances are being acted upon or measured. For example, megmérték a távokat az állomás és a város között (They measured the distances between the station and the city). Another example could describe comparing or listing distances: feljegyezték a távokat a térképen (they recorded the distances on the map). The term is especially frequent in fields such as surveying, transportation planning, and sports, where multiple distances or ranges are analyzed.

Compared with the nominative plural távok, which simply denotes “distances” as a subject or predicate (A két város közötti távok hosszúak), the accusative form távokat emphasizes that the distances are the objects of an action. The word táv remains related to modern concepts of distance and range, and its plural accusative form távokat is a standard grammatical construction in Hungarian texts dealing with measurements, comparisons, or data about multiple distances.