astearte
Basque edit
Etymology edit
From aste (“week”) + arte (“between”), literally “middle of the week”. This seems to indicate that sometime in the past, the Basques used a three-day week; however, this seems unlikely. It is probable that this term originated in relatively recent times, but the motivation of its etymology is unknown.[1] See also astelehen (“Monday”, literally “beginning of the week”) and asteazken (“Wednesday”, literally “end of the week”).
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
astearte inan
Declension edit
Declension of astearte (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | astearte | asteartea | astearteak |
ergative | asteartek | astearteak | astearteek |
dative | astearteri | astearteari | astearteei |
genitive | astearteren | asteartearen | astearteen |
comitative | astearterekin | asteartearekin | astearteekin |
causative | astearterengatik | asteartearengatik | astearteengatik |
benefactive | astearterentzat | asteartearentzat | astearteentzat |
instrumental | asteartez | astearteaz | astearteez |
inessive | asteartetan | asteartean | astearteetan |
locative | asteartetako | astearteko | astearteetako |
allative | asteartetara | asteartera | astearteetara |
terminative | asteartetaraino | astearteraino | astearteetaraino |
directive | asteartetarantz | astearterantz | astearteetarantz |
destinative | asteartetarako | astearterako | astearteetarako |
ablative | asteartetatik | asteartetik | astearteetatik |
partitive | astearterik | — | — |
prolative | asteartetzat | — | — |
Coordinate terms edit
- (days of the week) asteko egunak; astelehen, astearte, asteazken, ostegun, ostiral, larunbat, igande (Category: eu:Days of the week)
References edit
- ^ “aste” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk