# адвокат
## Bulgarian
### Alternative forms

* адвока́тин (advokátin) — obsolete

### Etymology

Borrowed from German Advokat and Russian адвока́т (advokát), from Latin advocātus, passive perfect participle of advocō (“call, summon”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɐdvoˈkat]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -at

### Noun

адвока́т • (advokát) m (feminine адвока́тка, relational adjective адвока́тски)
* male lawyer, advocate, attorney, counsel, pleader, barrister, solicitor

#### Derived terms

* адвока́тство (advokátstvo)
* адвока́тствам (advokátstvam)
* адвока́тствувам (advokátstvuvam)
* адвокату́ра (advokatúra)
* адвокатлъ́к (advokatlǎ́k)
* адвока́тщина (advokátština)

### References

* “адвокат”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “адвокат”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
* Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “адвока̀т”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 4
* “адвокат”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 19

## Macedonian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [advɔˈkat]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

адвокат • (advokat) m (feminine адвокатка, relational adjective адвокатски)
* lawyer

#### Declension
## Russian
### Alternative forms

* адвока́тъ (advokát) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

### Etymology

Borrowed from German Advokat, itself from Latin advocatus.
Attested since the time of Peter the Great.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɐdvɐˈkat]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

адвока́т • (advokát) m anim (genitive адвока́та, nominative plural адвока́ты, genitive plural адвока́тов, relational adjective адвока́тский, pejorative адвока́тишка)
* lawyer, attorney, barrister, solicitor, advocate
    Synonym: юри́ст (juríst)

#### Related terms

* адвокату́ра (advokatúra), адвока́тство (advokátstvo)
* адвока́тствовать (advokátstvovatʹ)

#### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: advokat
* → Bulgarian: адвока́т (advokát), ⇒ адвока́тин (advokátin)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From Latin advocātus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /adʋǒkaːt/
* Hyphenation: ад‧во‧кат

### Noun

адво̀ка̄т m (Latin spelling advòkāt, relational adjective адво̀ка̄тскӣ)
* advocate, attorney, lawyer
* (expressively) lawyer
* (colloquial) a defender in a quarrel

#### Synonyms

* (Croatia): о̀двјетнӣк

### References

* “адвокат” in Hrvatski jezični portal

## Tatar

Other scripts :
| Cyrillic | ‍ |
| Zamanälif | advokat‍ |
| Jaŋalif | |
| Yaña imlâ | ‍ |

### Noun

адвокат • (adwoqat)
* lawyer

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Advokat, from Latin advocātus. Compare with Russian адвока́т (advokát), Belarusian адвака́т (advakát), Polish adwokat. Doublet of війт (vijt).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɐdwɔˈkat]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

адвока́т • (advokát) m pers (genitive адвока́та, nominative plural адвока́ти, genitive plural адвока́тів, feminine адвока́тка or адвокате́са)
* lawyer

#### Derived terms

* адвока́т дия́вола m (advokát dyjávola, “devil's advocate”)

### See also

* юри́ст (jurýst)

### References

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “адвокат”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* “адвокат”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
* “адвокат”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)