dzestasans

Radestrian

Etymology

dzestas (“holiday”) + -ans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdzɛstasans/ [ˈdzɛstasãˑs]
• Rhymes: -ɛstasans, -ans ⁽⁹⁾
• Syllabification: dzes–ta–sans

Noun

dzestasans inan (genitive singular dzestaseng, dative singular dzestasanga, nominative plural dzestasange, constructive genitive plural dzestasanjes, relational adjective dzestasenjeș)

1. (countable, in-world) The thirteenth and final month in the Laefevo-Radestrian calendar, equivalent to the Gregorian days of March 15 (March 14 on a leap year) to March 19; the ‘month’ consists of only five to six days (at most one Laefevo-Radestrian week), and is culturally a week of holidays; Feriae

Usage notes

• Radestrians can disagree on whether the calendar contains 12 or 13 months: some refer to dzestasans as the ‘0^th’ month. This stems from the fact that in Radestrian, the word hjárs (“month”) is seldom used to include dzestasans; if someone were to say ha hjára (“in a month”) in dzevans, the date would be understood as the corresponding time in vanints.
  • Moreover, the month has special words for the first and fourth (and fifth on leap years) days of the week, and the date is read slightly differently.
  • In the modern era, it is codified as the 13^th month.

Declension

Declension of dzestasans (spirant)
		singular	plural
nominative		dzestasans /ˈdzɛstasans/	dzestasange /dzɛsˈtasaŋɡɛ/
vocative		dzestasanse /dzɛsˈtasansɛ/
genitive	proper	dzestaseng /ˈdzɛstasɛŋɡ/	dzestasanjeris /dzɛsˈtasanjɛris/
	constructive		dzestasanjes /dzɛsˈtasanjɛs/
dative		dzestasanga /dzɛsˈtasaŋɡa/	dzestasanjerín /dzɛsˈtasanjɛriːn/
accusative		dzestasand /ˈdzɛstasand/	dzestasanjerid /dzɛsˈtasanjɛrid/
instrumental		dzestasangúr /dzɛsˈtasaŋɡuːr/	dzestasanjeríe /dzɛsˈtasanjɛriːɛ/

Related terms

• dzestas (“holiday”)
• dzestasate (“weekend”)

Translations

thirteenth month of the Laefevo-Radestrian calendar

Laefevian: hlwêhda Riyan: hoş baðis

See also

Months in Radestrian · hjáre

Laefevo-Radestrian calendar (in world)
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
vanints	hrelners	gjembraus	dvuoþers	hraers	sfvocía	alua	irgotua	cynuers	háșers	mvaþers	dzevans	dzestasans
20 Mar to 18 Apr	19 Apr to 18 May	19 May to 17 Jun	18 Jun to 17 Jul	18 Jul to 16 Aug	17 Aug to 15 Sep	16 Sep to 15 Oct	16 Oct to 14 Nov	15 Nov to 14 Dec	15 Dec to 13 Jan	14 Jan to 12 Feb	13 Feb to 14 Mar (13 Feb to 13 Mar)	15 Mar to 19 Mar (14 Mar to 19 Mar)
Gregorian calendar (out of world)
mvaþers	dzevans	vanints	hrelners	gjembraus	dvuoþers	hraers	sfvocía	alua	irgotua	cynuers	háșers
January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December