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The suffix -ești (pronounced [eʃtʲ], sometimes changed to -ăști [əʃtʲ]) is widespread in Romanian placenames. It is the plural of the possessive suffix , 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). In some areas in Romania, more than half of the placenames have this suffix.

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  • The suffix -ești (pronounced [eʃtʲ], sometimes changed to -ăști [əʃtʲ]) is widespread in Romanian placenames. It is the plural of the possessive suffix , 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). In some areas in Romania, more than half of the placenames have this suffix. (en)
  • El sufijo -ești (pronunciado [eʃtʲ], a veces cambiado a -ăști [əʃtʲ]) está muy extendido en los topónimos (nombres de lugares) rumanos y moldavos. Es la forma plural del sufijo posesivo -escu, utilizado anteriormente para los nombres de pila y actualmente extendido en los apellidos (Ionescu, Popescu).​​ La hipótesis más aceptada dice que proviene del sufijo *-isk, de origen tracio, o bien del latín -iscus.​ Otras formas de escribirlo ya obsoletas son -esci y -eșci, utilizados durante algunas décadas hasta principios del siglo XX. El 13'1% de municipios rumanos (2.403 localidades) poseen este sufijo en su nombre, incluyendo la capital, București, convirtiéndolo en el sufijo más común en todo el país.​ En algunas áreas de Rumania, más de la mitad de los topónimos tienen este sufijo, como es el caso de los montes Apuseni.​ (es)
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  • The suffix -ești (pronounced [eʃtʲ], sometimes changed to -ăști [əʃtʲ]) is widespread in Romanian placenames. It is the plural of the possessive suffix , 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). In some areas in Romania, more than half of the placenames have this suffix. (en)
  • El sufijo -ești (pronunciado [eʃtʲ], a veces cambiado a -ăști [əʃtʲ]) está muy extendido en los topónimos (nombres de lugares) rumanos y moldavos. Es la forma plural del sufijo posesivo -escu, utilizado anteriormente para los nombres de pila y actualmente extendido en los apellidos (Ionescu, Popescu).​​ La hipótesis más aceptada dice que proviene del sufijo *-isk, de origen tracio, o bien del latín -iscus.​ Otras formas de escribirlo ya obsoletas son -esci y -eșci, utilizados durante algunas décadas hasta principios del siglo XX. (es)
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