A védőkesztyű tiszta.

Because Hungarian usually leaves out the verb to be in the present tense, third person, when the sentence is a simple statement.

So:

• A védőkesztyű tiszta.
• literally looks like The protective glove clean
• but it means The protective glove is clean

This is normal Hungarian grammar, not an omission or slang.

For comparison:

• Én tiszta vagyok. = I am clean
• Te tiszta vagy. = You are clean
• but A védőkesztyű tiszta. = The protective glove is clean

A is the Hungarian definite article, so it usually means the.

Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:

• a before consonant sounds
• az before vowel sounds

Since védőkesztyű begins with a consonant sound, the correct form is a:

• a védőkesztyű = the protective glove

Because here tiszta is not directly modifying the noun inside a noun phrase. It is the predicate of the sentence.

So:

• A védőkesztyű tiszta. = The protective glove is clean.

But if you put the adjective before the noun, you get a different structure:

• A tiszta védőkesztyű = the clean protective glove

That second version is just a noun phrase, not a complete sentence.

So the position changes the function:

• noun + adjective here = full sentence with is
• adjective + noun = adjective directly modifying the noun

Yes. It is a compound noun, and Hungarian very often writes compounds as one word.

It is made from:

• védő = protective / protecting
• kesztyű = glove

Together:

• védőkesztyű = protective glove

English often uses two words where Hungarian uses one compound.

Védő comes from the verb védeni, which means to protect.

In this compound, védő functions like protective or protecting. So védőkesztyű is literally something like protecting glove, but the natural English meaning is protective glove.

This type of word formation is very common in Hungarian.

Not for gender, because Hungarian does not have grammatical gender like masculine, feminine, and neuter.

So tiszta can be used with any singular noun.

However, number can matter in some situations. For example:

• A védőkesztyű tiszta. = The protective glove is clean.
• A védőkesztyűk tiszták. = The protective gloves are clean.

So:

• no gender agreement
• but plural predicate adjectives often take plural marking

This is very different from English, where adjectives do not change at all.

A rough guide:

• védőkesztyű ≈ VAY-dur-kes-tyuu
• tiszta ≈ TEES-taw

A few important points:

• Stress is on the first syllable of each word: VÉ-dő-kesztyű, TISZ-ta
• sz is pronounced like English s
• Hungarian s would sound like English sh, but there is no s alone in tiszta
• ő and ű are special Hungarian vowels with lip-rounding; English has no exact equivalent
• ty is a soft consonant, somewhat like the t in some pronunciations of tune

If you want a simple learner-friendly approximation, VAY-dur-kes-tyuu TEES-taw is a decent start.

They are not optional, and they are not just stress marks. In Hungarian, they show different vowels.

For example:

• é
• ő
• ű

are separate vowels with their own pronunciation.

This means the accents are part of the spelling of the word. You should learn the word as:

• védőkesztyű

not as an unaccented version.

In Hungarian, changing vowel length or quality can change the word itself.

Yes, Hungarian word order is flexible, but changes often affect emphasis.

The neutral sentence is:

• A védőkesztyű tiszta.

If you say:

• Tiszta a védőkesztyű.

it still means The protective glove is clean, but now tiszta is more prominent or contrastive, as if answering a question like Is the protective glove dirty?

So the basic meaning stays similar, but the focus changes.

It is in the nominative, the basic dictionary form.

Here it is the subject of the sentence:

• A védőkesztyű = the subject
• tiszta = the predicate adjective

There is no special case ending because this is the basic subject form.

In a normal neutral sentence, no. You would usually keep the article:

• A védőkesztyű tiszta.

Leaving out a would sound unnatural in ordinary speech unless there is some very special context, such as notes, headlines, or unusual emphasis.

So for a learner, the safe choice is:

• use a here

In A védőkesztyű tiszta, tiszta is simply an adjective meaning clean.

There is no noun after it, so it is the predicate:

• The protective glove is clean

If you say something like egy tiszta... followed by a noun, then tiszta would be modifying that noun instead.

So in your sentence, tiszta stands alone as the descriptive part of the sentence, not as part of a longer noun phrase.