látása

Látása is the possessive form of the Hungarian noun látás, which means sense of sight, vision, or the ability to see. Látás refers to the general faculty of seeing, while látása specifically denotes “someone’s sight” or “its vision” when the possessor is understood from context.

Grammatically, látása is formed by adding the third-person singular possessive suffix -a to látás. The form is used to indicate that the sight belongs to a particular person or animal, as in A beteg látása romlott (The patient’s vision has deteriorated) or A gyereknek jó látása van (The child has good eyesight). The possessive can also be expressed with explicit context, for example az ő látása.

In medical and everyday language, látás and related compounds are common. Látásélesség (visual acuity) and látásromlás (progression of vision loss) are frequent terms. The word látása itself is often understood from the surrounding sentence, with the possessor clear from subject or clarification, rather than requiring a separate pronoun.

Etymology-wise, látása is built from látás (vision) plus the Hungarian possessive suffix -a, reflecting a typical pattern of forming possessive nouns. Other persons’ possessives are formed as látásom (my vision), látásod (your vision), vagy látása (his/her/its vision).

See also: látás, látásélesség, látásromlás, látási képesség.