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Bulgarian
Etymology
From адвока́т (advokát, “lawyer”) + -щина (-ština, “-dom, -hood”). Meaning is slightly exceptional, in that it doesn't mean “lawyership” (the state of being of a lawyer) but rather the specific sleight of hand practised by a lawyer.
Pronunciation
Noun
адвока́тщина • (advokátština) f (derogatory)
- Lawyering, especially making cunning, legalistic arguments through distortions, deceptions, etc., as fitting of a lawyer. Legal cunning or artifice.
- An instance of the above.
Declension
References
- “адвокатщина”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “адвокатщина”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “адвока̀т”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 4
- “адвокатщина”, in Български тълковен речник (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 19