astearte

Basque

Etymology

From aste (“week”) +‎ arte (“between”), literally “middle of the week”. While some authors have interpreted this etymology as meaning that sometime in the past Basques used a three-day week, this seems unlikely, furthermore the expected form if this was an ancient compound would be *astarte, using the combining form asta-. Instead, it is probable that this term originated in relatively recent times, but the motivation of its etymology is unknown. See also astelehen (“Monday”, literally “beginning of the week”) and asteazken (“Wednesday”, literally “end of the week”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /as̺tearte/ [as̺.t̪e.ar.t̪e]

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• Rhymes: -arte, -e
• Hyphenation: as‧te‧ar‧te

Noun

astearte inan

1. Tuesday

   Synonym: martitzen

Declension

Declension of astearte (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
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

• days of the week: asteko egunak (appendix): astelehen · astearte · asteazken · ostegun · ostiral · larunbat · igande ^[edit]

Derived terms

• astearte inauteri
• asteartero (“every Tuesday”)

Further reading

• “astearte”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “astearte”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005