színt

Színt is the accusative singular form of the Hungarian noun szín, which means color or hue. The base word szín expresses the perceptual property of light that allows objects to be distinguished by their appearance. In ordinary and technical language, szín covers a broad range from simple color terms to more specialized notions such as color in art, design, and optics.

In Hungarian, the direct object is marked with the suffix -t, and the definite object is typically accompanied by a definite article (a or az). Therefore, színt is used when the color is the direct object of a verb, for example: Látom a színt (I see the color). The same form can appear with an indefinite direct object as well, for instance Látok egy színt, with the determiner signaling indefiniteness.

Színt has related forms: the plural színek refers to colors, and szín can be extended by terms like árnyalat (shade), tónus (tone), or színpaletta (color palette) to describe more specific color notions. In usage, szín encompasses both everyday speech about colors and more technical discussions of hue, saturation, and lightness in fields such as art, fashion, and science.

The word szín is a basic element of Hungarian color vocabulary, and színt functions as its common direct-object form in sentences. Its understanding relies on standard Hungarian case and definiteness marking rather than on a separate lexical item.