Utasítottak

Utasítottak is a Hungarian verb form. It is the past tense, third-person plural form of the verb utasít, which means to issue orders, to instruct, or to command someone to perform an action. The related noun utasítás means instruction, and utasító refers to someone who gives instructions.

The form utasítottak is used when the subject of the action is a plural group and the action occurs in the past. In standard usage, it appears in active sentences such as a subject issuing directives to another party. In some contexts, especially in narrative or formal writing, the sense can also be read as passive or apodictic, depending on surrounding syntax and particles, though the explicit passive construction is more commonly expressed with other grammatical forms.

Usage and scope: utasítottak is a finite verb form, not a noun. Its meaning centers on the act of giving instructions or orders by a group in the past. The precise interpretation—“they ordered” versus “they were ordered” or “they were instructed”—depends on context, including what is being instructed and who receives the instruction.

Related terms include utasítás (instruction), utasító (instructor or directive), and utasítási (instructional). These forms share the same morphological family and are commonly found in official, legal, or journalistic Hungarian to describe directives and commands issued by authorities or groups.