staroste
French
Pronunciation
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Noun
staroste m (plural starostes)
Further reading
- “staroste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic старость (starostĭ), from Proto-Slavic *starostь (“old age”), from *starъ (“old”). Compare Russian староста (starosta, “bailiff, village elder, churchwarden”), Polish starosta (“leader”).
Noun
staroste m (plural starosti)
- guildmaster
- (historical) governor of a peripheral region of Moldavia
- master of ceremonies at a wedding
- abbot
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | staroste | starostele | starosti | starostii | |
| genitive-dative | staroste | starostelui | starosti | starostilor | |
| vocative | staroste | starostilor | |||