-easă

See also: easa

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin -issa, from Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa). Cf. also the doublet -esă, a neologism borrowed from French.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈe̯a.sə/

Suffix

-easă f (plural -ese)

  1. Used to make feminine forms of some masculine nouns, or to indicate the wife of a man with a certain profession; -ess
    Synonym: -iță

Declension

Declension of -easă
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative -easă -easa -ese -esele
genitive-dative -ese -esei -ese -eselor
vocative -easă, -easo -eselor

Derived terms

Romanian terms suffixed with -easă

See also