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 (inan V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	astearte	asteartea	astearteak	astearteok
ergative	asteartek	astearteak	astearteek	astearteok
dative	astearteri	astearteari	astearteei	astearteoi
genitive	astearteren	asteartearen	astearteen	astearteon
comitative	astearterekin	asteartearekin	astearteekin	astearteokin
causative	astearterengatik	asteartearengatik	astearteengatik	astearteongatik
benefactive	astearterentzat	asteartearentzat	astearteentzat	astearteontzat
instrumental	asteartez	astearteaz	astearteez	astearteotaz
inessive	asteartetan	asteartean	astearteetan	astearteotan
locative	asteartetako	astearteko	astearteetako	astearteotako
allative	asteartetara	asteartera	astearteetara	astearteotara
terminative	asteartetaraino	astearteraino	astearteetaraino	astearteotaraino
directive	asteartetarantz	astearterantz	astearteetarantz	astearteotarantz
destinative	asteartetarako	astearterako	astearteetarako	astearteotarako
ablative	asteartetatik	asteartetik	astearteetatik	astearteotatik
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