Vágyát

Vágyát is a Hungarian noun form that translates roughly to “his/her/its desire” and is used when the desire belongs to someone and is treated as a definite object in a sentence. The base noun vágy means desire, longing, or craving, and vágyát combines a third‑person possessive suffix with the definite direct object marker.

Form and usage: Vágyát is formed by attaching the 3rd‑person possessive suffix to vágy and then adding the definite object marker -t, resulting in a single word that signals both ownership and definiteness. This form occurs in contexts where the speaker assumes shared knowledge of which desire is meant and where the verb governs a definite object. It is common in more formal or literary Hungarian and with verbs that require a definite object, such as kielégíteni (to satisfy), megvalósítani (to realize), or elérni (to reach).

Examples:

- A férfi megpróbálta kielégíteni a vágyát. (The man tried to satisfy his desire.)

- A hős vágyát a szabadság hajtja. (The hero’s desire is driven by freedom.)

Etymology and register: Vágyát derives from vágy, a native Hungarian word with a long attested history in literary and colloquial language. The suffixal construction is typical of Hungarian morphology, where possessive and definite-object markers are stacked on a base noun to convey precise ownership and reference.

See also: vágy, vágyakozás, kielégíteni, megvalósítani.