abhcóide

Irish

Alternative forms

• adhbhacóide

Etymology

From Middle Irish abcóit, abcóite (“advocate”), borrowed from Old French avocat, from Latin advocātus.

Noun

abhcóide m (genitive singular abhcóide, nominative plural abhcóidí)

1. (law) advocate, counsel

Declension

Declension of abhcóide (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative abhcóide abhcóidí vocative a abhcóide a abhcóidí genitive abhcóide abhcóidí dative abhcóide abhcóidí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an t-abhcóide na habhcóidí genitive an abhcóide na n-abhcóidí dative leis an abhcóide don abhcóide leis na habhcóidí

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
abhcóide	n-abhcóide	habhcóide	not applicable

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