abokatu

Basque

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin advocātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abokatu/ [a.β̞o.ka.t̪u]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -atu, -u
• Hyphenation: a‧bo‧ka‧tu

Noun

abokatu anim

1. lawyer
2. (Northern, dated) intermediary

Declension

Declension of abokatu (animate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	abokatu	abokatua	abokatuak
ergative	abokatuk	abokatuak	abokatuek
dative	abokaturi	abokatuari	abokatuei
genitive	abokaturen	abokatuaren	abokatuen
comitative	abokaturekin	abokatuarekin	abokatuekin
causative	abokaturengatik	abokatuarengatik	abokatuengatik
benefactive	abokaturentzat	abokatuarentzat	abokatuentzat
instrumental	abokatuz	abokatuaz	abokatuez
inessive	abokaturengan	abokatuarengan	abokatuengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	abokaturengana	abokatuarengana	abokatuengana
terminative	abokaturenganaino	abokatuarenganaino	abokatuenganaino
directive	abokaturenganantz	abokatuarenganantz	abokatuenganantz
destinative	abokaturenganako	abokatuarenganako	abokatuenganako
ablative	abokaturengandik	abokatuarengandik	abokatuengandik
partitive	abokaturik	—	—
prolative	abokatutzat	—	—

Derived terms

• abokatu-laguntzaile (“articled clerk”)
• abokatu-langela (“lawyer's office”)
• abokatutza (“lawyering”)
• ofiziozko abokatu (“public defender”)

Further reading

• “abokatu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “abokatu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005