futókat

Futókat is the accusative plural form of the Hungarian noun futó, which designates a person who runs. The root futó comes from the verb futni (to run) with the agentive suffix -ó, yielding an agent noun meaning “one who runs” or “runner.” In standard Hungarian, the nominative plural is futók and the accusative plural is futókat. The word is used primarily to refer to people who run, whether as amateurs, hobbyists, or professional athletes, and it appears in sports reporting, event descriptions, and everyday language.

In running contexts, futókat may be described as participants or competitors. The term covers runners across disciplines, including short-distance runners (rövidtáv-futók), marathon runners (maratoni futók), and long-distance runners (hosszútávfutók). It also occurs in compound forms such as futócipő (running shoe), futópálya (running track), and futóverseny (running race).

Usage examples illustrate its role as a direct object in sentences, for instance: A futókat a szervezők díjazták. The plural gender and case flexibility allow it to fit various syntactic positions in Hungarian sentences.

See also: futó (runner) and related compounds like futócipő, futóverseny, futópálya, illetve a sport-nyelvben használt kifejezések.