адвокатщина

Bulgarian

Etymology

From адвока́т (advokát, “lawyer”) +‎ -щина (-ština, “-dom, -hood”). Meaning is slightly exceptional, in that it doesn't mean “lawyership” (the state of being of a lawyer) but rather the specific sleight of hand practised by a lawyer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐdvoˈkatʃtinɐ]

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• Hyphenation^(key): ад‧во‧кат‧щи‧на

Noun

адвока́тщина • (advokátština) f (derogatory)

1. Lawyering, especially making cunning, legalistic arguments through distortions, deceptions, etc., as fitting of a lawyer. Legal cunning or artifice.
2. An instance of the above.

Declension

Declension of адвока́тщина

	singular	plural
indefinite	адвока́тщина advokátština	адвока́тщини advokátštini
definite	адвока́тщината advokátštinata	адвока́тщините advokátštinite

Related terms

• адвока́тство (advokátstvo)
• адвока́тствам (advokátstvam), адвока́тствувам (advokátstvuvam)
• адвокату́ра (advokatúra)
• адвокатлъ́к (advokatlǎ́k)

References

• “адвокатщина”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “адвокатщина”, 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
• “адвокатщина”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 19