astearte

Basque

Etymology

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
  • IPA(key): /as̺tearte/, [as̺.t̪e̞.ar.t̪e̞]

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

References
  1. “aste” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Further reading
  • "astearte" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “astearte” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
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