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-eşte

-ește

Romanian

Suffix

-ește

  1. Adverbial form of -esc.

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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

  1. 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.
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