-ește
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeʃ.te/
Etymology 1
From -esc. Compare Aromanian -eashti.
Suffix
-ește
- Adverbial form of -esc.
Related terms
- românește
Etymology 2
A form of the infix -esc-, from Latin -ēscō, in this case -ēscit. Cognates include Aromanian -eashti, Italian -isce, Spanish -ece.
Alternative forms
- -ăște
Suffix
-ește
- Used with a stem to form the third-person singular present of most regular -i (fourth conjugation) verbs. E.g. unește, tușește, ferește, pățește, urăște.
Related terms
- -esc
- -ești