astelehen

Basque

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /as̺telehen/ [as̺.t̪e.le.hẽn]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /as̺telen/ [as̺.t̪e.lẽn]

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• Rhymes: -ehen, -en
• Rhymes: -elen, -en
• Hyphenation: as‧te‧le‧hen

Noun

astelehen inan

1. Monday

   Synonym: ilen

Declension

Declension of astelehen (inan C-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	astelehen	astelehena	astelehenak	astelehenok
ergative	astelehenek	astelehenak	astelehenek	astelehenok
dative	asteleheni	astelehenari	astelehenei	astelehenoi
genitive	astelehenen	astelehenaren	astelehenen	astelehenon
comitative	astelehenekin	astelehenarekin	astelehenekin	astelehenokin
causative	astelehenengatik	astelehenarengatik	astelehenengatik	astelehenongatik
benefactive	astelehenentzat	astelehenarentzat	astelehenentzat	astelehenontzat
instrumental	astelehenez	astelehenaz	astelehenez	astelehenotaz
innesive	astelehenetan	astelehenean	astelehenetan	astelehenotan
locative	astelehenetako	asteleheneko	astelehenetako	astelehenotako
allative	astelehenetara	astelehenera	astelehenetara	astelehenotara
terminative	astelehenetaraino	asteleheneraino	astelehenetaraino	astelehenotaraino
directive	astelehenetarantz	astelehenerantz	astelehenetarantz	astelehenotarantz
destinative	astelehenetarako	astelehenerako	astelehenetarako	astelehenotarako
ablative	astelehenetatik	astelehenetik	astelehenetatik	astelehenotatik
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