astelehen
Basque
Etymology
From aste (“week”) + lehen (“first”), literally “beginning of the week”. See astearte (“Tuesday”) for more details.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Southern) /as̺telen/, [as̺.t̪e̞.lẽ̞n]
- IPA(key): (Northern) /as̺telehen/, [as̺.t̪e̞.le̞.ɦẽ̞n]
Noun
astelehen inan
- Monday
- Synonym: ilen
Declension
Declension of astelehen (inanimate, ending in consonant) | |||
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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; astelehen, astearte, asteazken, ostegun, ostiral, larunbat, igande (Category: eu:Days of the week)
Further reading
- "astelehen" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
- “astelehen” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus