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adwokacik

//a.dvɔˈka.t͡ɕik//
Polishnoun

Grammatical form

adwokacik is the diminutive form of adwokat — “advocate, attorney, barrister, solicitor, lawyer, counsel.

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Definitions of adwokat noun · /aˈdvɔ.kat/ | /aˈdvɔ.kɒt/ | /aˈdvɔ.kat/ | /aˈdvɔ.kat/ | /aˈdvɔ.kɒt/

Full entry for adwokat
  1. 1.advocate, attorney, barrister, solicitor, lawyer, counsel
  2. 2.advocate (person who speaks in support of something)
  3. 3.government clerk exercising jurisdictional authority
  4. 4.advocaat

Etymology of adwokat

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-der. Latin vocō Latin advocō Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Hellenic *pərai Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ) Ancient Greek παρα- (para-) Ancient Greek καλέω (kaléō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek κλητός (klētós) Ancient Greek παράκλητος (paráklētos)calq. Latin advocātuslbor. Latin advocātusbor. Old French advocatbor. Middle High German advocāte German Advokatsl. Latin advocātusbor. Old French avocat French avocatsl. Polish adwokat Learned borrowing from Latin advocātus. Sense 2 is a semantic loan from German Advokat and French avocat. First attested in 1559.

Etymology

From adwokat + -ik. First attested in 1840.

Paradigm of adwokat, with adwokacik highlighted:

Nominative
Singular
adwokat
Plural
adwokaci, adwokaty
Genitive
Singular
adwokata, adwokatu
Plural
adwokatów
Dative
Singular
adwokatowi
Plural
adwokatom
Accusative
Singular
adwokata, adwokat
Plural
adwokatów, adwokaty
Instrumental
Singular
adwokatem
Plural
adwokatami
Locative
Singular
adwokacie
Plural
adwokatach
Vocative
Singular
adwokacie
Plural
adwokaci, adwokaty

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