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"-eşti" (pronounced [/eʃtʲ/]) is a widespread Romanian suffix used indicating a placename, being in fact a plural of the possessive suffix "-escu", formerly used for patronyms and currently widespread for family names. An obsolete form is "-esci" or "-eşci", being sometimes used before the beginning of the 20th century. Another form sometimes found is "-ăşti". 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).citation needed
Examples
Romania
- Bucureşci, Hunedoara County
- Bucureşti (Bucharest)
- Comăneşti
- Dărăşti, Ilfov County
- Feteşti
- Mărăşeşti
- Moineşti
- Negreşti-Oaş
- Oneşti
- Piteşti
- Ploieşti
- Scorniceşti
- Zărneşti
Moldova
See also
- -ovo/-evo, a Slavic suffix
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