адвокат

• адвока́тин (advokátin) — obsolete

Borrowed from German Advokat and Russian адвока́т (advokát), from Latin advocātus, passive perfect participle of advocō (“call, summon”).

• IPA^(key): [ɐdvoˈkat]

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• Rhymes: -at

адвока́т • (advokát) m (feminine адвока́тка, relational adjective адвока́тски)

1. male lawyer, advocate, attorney, counsel, pleader, barrister, solicitor

• “адвокат”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “адвокат”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “адвока̀т”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 4
• “адвокат”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 19

• IPA^(key): [advɔˈkat]

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адвокат • (advokat) m (feminine адвокатка, relational adjective адвокатски)

1. lawyer

• адвока́тъ (advokát) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Borrowed from German Advokat, itself from Latin advocatus.

Attested since the time of Peter the Great.

• IPA^(key): [ɐdvɐˈkat]

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адвока́т • (advokát) m anim (genitive адвока́та, nominative plural адвока́ты, genitive plural адвока́тов, relational adjective адвока́тский, pejorative адвока́тишка)

1. lawyer, attorney, barrister, solicitor, advocate

   Synonym: юри́ст (juríst)

• адвокату́ра (advokatúra), адвока́тство (advokátstvo)
• адвока́тствовать (advokátstvovatʹ)

• → Azerbaijani: advokat
• → Bulgarian: адвока́т (advokát), ⇒ адвока́тин (advokátin)

From Latin advocātus.

• IPA^(key): /adʋǒkaːt/
• Hyphenation: ад‧во‧кат

адво̀ка̄т m anim (Latin spelling advòkāt, relational adjective адво̀ка̄тскӣ)

1. advocate, attorney, lawyer
2. (expressive) lawyer
3. (colloquial) a defender in a quarrel

• (Croatia): о̀двјетнӣк

• “адвокат”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

адвокат • (adwoqat)

1. lawyer

Borrowed from German Advokat, from Latin advocātus. Compare with Russian адвока́т (advokát), Belarusian адвака́т (advakát), Polish adwokat. Doublet of війт (vijt).

• IPA^(key): [ɐdwɔˈkat]

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адвока́т • (advokát) m pers (genitive адвока́та, nominative plural адвока́ти, genitive plural адвока́тів, female equivalent адвока́тка or адвокате́са)

1. lawyer

• адвока́т дия́вола m (advokát dyjávola, “devil's advocate”)

• юри́ст (jurýst)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “адвокат”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “адвокат”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “адвокат”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)