abokatu
Basque
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin advocātus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abokatu/ [a.β̞o.ka.t̪u]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -atu, -u
- Hyphenation: a‧bo‧ka‧tu
Noun
abokatu anim
- lawyer
- (Northern, dated) intermediary
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | abokatu | abokatua | abokatuak | abokatuok |
| ergative | abokatuk | abokatuak | abokatuek | abokatuok |
| dative | abokaturi | abokatuari | abokatuei | abokatuoi |
| genitive | abokaturen | abokatuaren | abokatuen | abokatuon |
| comitative | abokaturekin | abokatuarekin | abokatuekin | abokatuokin |
| causative | abokaturengatik | abokatuarengatik | abokatuengatik | abokatuongatik |
| benefactive | abokaturentzat | abokatuarentzat | abokatuentzat | abokatuontzat |
| instrumental | abokatuz | abokatuaz | abokatuez | abokatuotaz |
| innesive | abokaturengan | abokatuarengan | abokatuengan | abokatuongan |
| locative | — | — | — | — |
| allative | abokaturengana | abokatuarengana | abokatuengana | abokatuongana |
| terminative | abokaturenganaino | abokatuarenganaino | abokatuenganaino | abokatuonganaino |
| directive | abokaturenganantz | abokatuarenganantz | abokatuenganantz | abokatuonganantz |
| destinative | abokaturenganako | abokatuarenganako | abokatuenganako | abokatuonganako |
| ablative | abokaturengandik | abokatuarengandik | abokatuengandik | abokatuongandik |
| 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