astelehen

Basque

Etymology

From aste (“week”) +‎ lehen (“first”), literally “beginning of the week”. See astearte (“Tuesday”) for more details.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): (Southern) /as̺telen/, [as̺.t̪e̞.lẽ̞n]
• IPA^(key): (Northern) /as̺telehen/, [as̺.t̪e̞.le̞.ɦẽ̞n]

Noun

astelehen inan

1. Monday

   Synonym: ilen

Declension

Declension of astelehen (inanimate, ending in consonant)

	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