Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish abcóit, abcóite (“advocate”), borrowed from Old French avocat, from Latin advocātus.
Noun
abhcóide m (genitive singular abhcóide, nominative plural abhcóidí)
- (law) advocate, counsel
Declension
Declension of abhcóide (fourth declension)
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Derived terms
- abhcóide sinsir (“senior counsel”)
- abhcóide sóisir (“junior counsel”)
- abhcóideacht f (“advocacy”)
Mutation
Mutated forms of abhcóide
radical |
eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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abhcóide
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n-abhcóide
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habhcóide
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not applicable
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “abhcóide”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “abcóit(e)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “abhcóide”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “abhcóide”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025