polgárokat

Polgárokat is the accusative plural form of the Hungarian noun polgár, meaning "citizen." It identifies more than one citizen as the direct object of a verb. The base word polgár (citizen) forms the regular plural polgárok, to which the accusative suffix -at (or -et, depending on vowel harmony) is added, yielding polgárokat. Pronunciation follows Hungarian stress on the first syllable: /ˈpolɡaːrokat/.

Grammatically, polgárokat signals the patient or target of an action in a sentence. For example, in a sentence equivalent to "They invited the citizens," the Hungarian translation would use polgárokat as the object. Hungarian expresses grammatical relations primarily through suffixes rather than word order, so polgárokat functions independently of fixed syntactic position.

Beyond its grammatical role, the term connects to legal, civic and political contexts where citizens are discussed collectively—as in voting, public policy, or civic rights. Distinguishing nominative polgárok (citizens as subject) from accusative polgárokat is important for clarity in formal and everyday communication. Related forms include other case endings (e.g., dative polgároknak, genitive polgároké) that alter the noun’s role in a sentence.