-ește
(Redirected from -eşte)
Romanian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From -esc. Compare Aromanian -eashti. Cf. also Albanian -ishte.
Suffix[edit]
-ește
- adverbial form of -esc
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
A form of the infix -esc-, from Latin -ēscō, in this case -ēscit. Cognates include Aromanian -eashti, Italian -isce, Spanish -ece.
Alternative forms[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-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.