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Mark the stress in russian words with a ' character behind the vowel, e.g. ру'чки, this will be converted to ру́чки. Leave out the stress when it is unambiguous, which is when the word contains ё or only one vowel (the vowels are а, я, э, е, ы, и, о, ё, у and ю).
noun, male, animate
somewhat often used word (#3338)
somewhat often used word (#3338)
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advocate
Also: barrister, solicitor, lawyer
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- Он вы́дал свою́ дочь замуж за адвока́та. He married his daughter to a lawyer.
- Чу́вствую, ты будешь очень хоро́шим адвока́том. I have a feeling you'll be a very good lawyer.
- Адвока́т был уве́рен, что смо́жет опрове́ргнуть до́воды прокуро́ра в свое́й отве́тной ре́чи. The defense lawyer was confident that he would be able to answer the prosecutor's arguments in his rebuttal.
- Она объяви́ла о свое́й помо́лвке с её другом адвока́том. She announced her engagement to her lawyer friend.
- Адвока́т привёл новое свиде́тельство. The lawyer brought up new evidence.
- Его дочь хо́чет быть адвока́том. His daughter wants to be a lawyer.
- Где мой адвока́т? Where's my lawyer?
- Его цель — стать адвока́том. His aim is to become a lawyer.
- Я намерен стать адвока́том. I intend to become a lawyer.
- Адвока́т воззва́л к чу́вству справедли́вости прися́жных. The lawyer appealed to the jury's sense of justice.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom. nominative | адвока́т | адвока́ты |
| gen. genitive | адвока́та | адвока́тов |
| dat. dative | адвока́ту | адвока́там |
| acc. accusative | адвока́та | адвока́тов |
| inst. instrumental | адвока́том | адвока́тами |
| prep. prepositional | адвока́те | адвока́тах |
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