Romanian

Suffix

-ești

1. plural of -esc.

Usage notes

-ești is widely used indicating a placename, being in fact a plural of the possessive suffix -escu, formerly used for patronyms and currently widespread for family names.

The obsolete form -esci/-eșci, was sometimes used before the beginning of the 20th century, while another form sometimes found is -ăști. The unrelated Slavic suffixes -ovo, -evo are also found.

In some areas in Romania, more than half of the placenames have this suffix. Overall, this ending is part of the names of 14.8% of the Romanian towns and villages (2,038 out of 13,724) and 11.4% of the Moldovan towns and villages (144 out of 1,254).

Derived terms

• List of Romanian placenames ending in -ești
• București

Related terms

• -ăști
• -esci
• -eșci

See also

• -ovo
• -evo

Etymology 2

A form of the infix -esc-, from Latin -ēscō, in this case -ēscis. Cognates include Italian -isci, Spanish -eces.

Alternative forms

• -ăști

Suffix

-ești

1. Used with a stem to form the second-person singular present of most regular -i (fourth conjugation) verbs. E.g. unești, tușești, ferești, pățești, urăști.

Related terms

• -esc
• -ește