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adwokat

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Elfdalian

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Etymology

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From Swedish advokat.

Noun

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adwokat m

  1. advocate, solicitor

Declension

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Polish

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Etymology 1

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    Learned borrowing from Latin advocātus.[1][2] Noun sense 2 is a semantic loan from German Advokat and French avocat.[1] First attested in 1559.[3]

    Pronunciation

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    • Rhymes: -ɔkat
    • Syllabification: a‧dwo‧kat

    Noun

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    adwokat m pers (female equivalent adwokatka, diminutive adwokacik, abbreviation adw.)

    1. advocate, attorney, barrister, solicitor, lawyer, counsel
      Synonym: prawnik
    2. (figuratively) advocate (person who speaks in support of something)
      Synonym: rzecznik
      adwokat dzieckachildren's advocate
      adwokat biednychadvocate for the poor
      adwokat jakiejś sprawyadvocate of some issue
      adwokat interesów krajowychadvocate of national interests
    3. (Middle Polish) government clerk exercising jurisdictional authority
    Declension
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    Synonyms
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    Regional synonyms of adwokat (advocate)
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    Dialect groupDialectLocationWords
    Standardadwokat
    Middle Polishadwokát
    Greater PolandBory Tucholskieadwókat
    Central Greater Polanddukat, habdukat
    MasoviaFar MasovianŁomża Voivodeshipabdukat
    Masuriaowukat
    ŁowiczStrugieniceadukat
    Lesser PolandEastern LublinZamość Countyadukat
    KielceOpatów Countyadukant
    LasoviaSandomierzadwukat (smooth talker)
    Przemyślhadukát
    Western LublinLubartów Countyadukat
    w:Western Lublin dialect, w:Eastern Lublin dialectLublin Voivodeshipabdukat
    GoralPodhaleSkawaadwukat (smooth talker)
    Zakopanehadukát, hajdukát
    Żarnówkaadwukat (smooth talker)
    Zagórzejadwokat, adukat, hadukat, edwukat
    LachPodegrodzieadukát
    This table shows various regional forms in the Polish language.
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    Etymology 2

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      Borrowed from Dutch advocaat.

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /aˈdvɔ.kat/
      • Audio:(file)
      • Rhymes: -ɔkat
      • Syllabification: a‧dwo‧kat

      Noun

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      adwokat m inan

      1. advocaat
        Synonyms: ajerkoniak, jajecznik
        butelka adwokatabottle of advocaat
        kieliszek adwokataglass of advocaat
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      References

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      1. 1.0 1.1 Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000), “adwokat”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
      2. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “adwokat”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
      3. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, et al., editors (2010-2023), “adwokat”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

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