abokatu
Basque edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Latin advocātus.
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
abokatu anim
- lawyer
- (Northern, dated) intermediary
Declension edit
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 edit
- abokatu-laguntzaile (“articled clerk”)
- abokatu-langela (“lawyer's office”)
- abokatutza (“lawyering”)
- ofiziozko abokatu (“public defender”)