tanúkat

Tanúkat is the accusative plural form of the Hungarian noun tanú, meaning witnesses. A tanú is a person who testifies or provides evidence in legal, administrative, or official contexts. The form tanúkat is used when the witnesses are the direct object of a verb or a preposition, for example when they are being heard, questioned, or summoned.

In Hungarian, tanúkat appears in sentences such as: A bíró meghallgatta a tanúkat. (The judge heard the witnesses.) A tanúkat kihallgatták a rendőrségen. (The witnesses were questioned at the police station.) A jogi eljárás során a tanúkat idézik a bíróságra. (During the legal proceedings, the witnesses are summoned to the court.)

Tanúkat is commonly used in legal, investigative, and news reporting language, but it can also appear in broader discourse whenever multiple witnesses are the object of action. The singular forms are tanú (nominative) and tanút (accusative/singular). The plural nominative is tanúk, while the plural accusative remains tanúkat, often preceded by a definite article (a tanúkat) when the witnesses are specifically identified.

Related terms include tanúvallomás (testimony given by a witness) and tanúzás (bearing witness). The word’s usage reflects its role in illustrating evidence, credibility, and procedural steps within juridical or formal contexts. As with other Hungarian nouns, word order and case endings determine grammatical relationships, with tanúkat clearly marking the witnesses as the object of the action.