-ești

The suffix -ești (pronounced [eʃtʲ], sometimes changed to -ăști [əʃtʲ]) is widespread in Romanian placenames. It is the plural of the possessive suffix -escu, formerly used for patronyms and currently widespread in family names. Obsolete spellings are -esci and -eșci, used for a few decades until the beginning of the 20th century.

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]} In some areas in Romania, more than half of the placenames have this suffix.^{[citation needed]}

Placenames

Romania

• Brănești
• Bucureșci, Hunedoara County
• București (Bucharest)
• Comănești
• Dărăști-Ilfov, Ilfov County
• Fetești
• Mărășești
• Moinești
• Negrești-Oaș
• Onești
• Pitești
• Ploiești
• Scornicești
• Zărnești

Moldova

• Fălești
• Florești
• Hîncești
• Mălăiești, Transnistria
• Șoldănești
• Telenești
• Vulcănești

See also

• -ovo/-evo, a Slavic suffix

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