-ești
Introduction The suffix '''''-ești''''' (pronounced , sometimes changed to ''-ăști'' ) 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). In some areas in Romania, more than half of the placenames have this suffix.
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