פרקליט
Hebrew (Modern Ashkenazic)
noun
Definitions
- An attorney, an advocate, a lawyer: one who represents or speaks for another, especially in a court of law.
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek παράκλητος (advocate, defender, helper, one called to help, protector, comforter).
Origin
Ancient Greek
παράκλητος
Gloss
advocate, defender, helper, one called to help, protector, comforter
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- paracletus Latin
- paraclētus Latin
- κλητός Ancient Greek
- παράκλητος Ancient Greek
- 𐍀𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌺𐌻𐌴𐍄𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲕⲗⲏⲧⲟⲥ Coptic