farkát

Farkát is a grammatical form used in Hungarian to refer to the tail of someone or something when that tail is the definite direct object of a verb. It is not a standalone noun in English; rather, it results from the combination of the noun fark (tail) with the third-person possessive suffix and the definite direct-object ending. In English translation, farkát often corresponds to “its tail” or “his/her tail,” with the tail treated as a known and specific object.

Morphology and construction are typical of Hungarian noun phrases that mark possession and definiteness. The base noun fark becomes farka to indicate possession by a third-person subject, and the final -t marks the tail as a definite direct object. Thus farkát encodes both possession (someone’s tail) and definiteness (the tail in question as a specific object in the sentence).

Usage notes: farkát appears in sentences where the tail is clearly identified by speaker and listener. For example, in A kígyó a farkát csóválja, “The snake waggs its tail,” the tail is a definite object of the verb. In contexts where the tail is not definite, a different form (such as farká or farka) may be used, depending on construction and emphasis. The form is primarily relevant within Hungarian grammar and is not typically treated as an independent lexical entry outside language descriptions.

See also: Hungarian grammar, definite direct object, possessive suffixes, noun phrase structure.

Overall, farkát illustrates how Hungarian encodes possession and definiteness within a single word form attached to a common noun.