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The suffix -ești (pronounced [eʃtʲ], sometimes changed to -ăști [əʃtʲ]) is widespread in Romanian placenames.[1] It is the plural of the possessive suffix -escu, formerly used for patronyms and currently widespread in family names.[2] Obsolete spellings are -esci and -eșci, used for a few decades until the beginning of the 20th century.[3]
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).[4] In some areas in Romania, more than half of the placenames have this suffix.[5]
Placenames
[edit]Romania
[edit]Moldova
[edit]See also
[edit]- -ovo/-evo, a Slavic suffix
References
[edit]- ↑ Iordan, Iorgu (1963). Toponimia românească. Editura Academiei.
- ↑ Constantinescu, N.A. (1963). Dicționar onomastic românesc. Editura Academiei.
- ↑ Rosetti, Alexandru (1968). Istoria limbii române. Editura Științifică.
- ↑ Platon, Arnold (2014-11-02). "Nume de localitati" (in Romanian). Retrieved 2020-12-17.
- ↑ "decembrie 2017". Vatra Stră-Rumînă (in Romanian). Retrieved 2020-12-17.
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