astelehen
Basque
Etymology
From aste (“week”) + lehen (“first”), literally “beginning of the week”. See astearte (“Tuesday”) for more details.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /as̺telehen/ [as̺.t̪e.le.hẽn]
- IPA(key): (Southern) /as̺telen/ [as̺.t̪e.lẽn]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ehen, -en
- Rhymes: -elen, -en
- Hyphenation: as‧te‧le‧hen
Noun
astelehen inan
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | astelehen | astelehena | astelehenak |
| ergative | astelehenek | astelehenak | astelehenek |
| dative | asteleheni | astelehenari | astelehenei |
| genitive | astelehenen | astelehenaren | astelehenen |
| comitative | astelehenekin | astelehenarekin | astelehenekin |
| causative | astelehenengatik | astelehenarengatik | astelehenengatik |
| benefactive | astelehenentzat | astelehenarentzat | astelehenentzat |
| instrumental | astelehenez | astelehenaz | astelehenez |
| inessive | astelehenetan | astelehenean | astelehenetan |
| locative | astelehenetako | asteleheneko | astelehenetako |
| allative | astelehenetara | astelehenera | astelehenetara |
| terminative | astelehenetaraino | asteleheneraino | astelehenetaraino |
| directive | astelehenetarantz | astelehenerantz | astelehenetarantz |
| destinative | astelehenetarako | astelehenerako | astelehenetarako |
| ablative | astelehenetatik | astelehenetik | astelehenetatik |
| partitive | astelehenik | — | — |
| prolative | astelehentzat | — | — |
Coordinate terms
- days of the week: asteko egunak (appendix): astelehen · astearte · asteazken · ostegun · ostiral · larunbat · igande [edit]
Derived terms
- astelehenero (“every Monday”)
Further reading
- “astelehen”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “astelehen”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005