abokatu
Appearance
Basque
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Latin advocātus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]abokatu anim
- lawyer
- (Northern, dated) intermediary
Declension
[edit]Declension of abokatu (animate, ending in vowel)
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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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
[edit]- abokatu-laguntzaile (“articled clerk”)
- abokatu-langela (“lawyer's office”)
- abokatutza (“lawyering”)
- ofiziozko abokatu (“public defender”)
Further reading
[edit]- “abokatu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- “abokatu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005