poveste
Romanian
Alternative forms
- poveaste — obsolete
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic повѣсть (pověstĭ, “tale, narration, legend”), from Proto-Slavic *pověstь, from *po- + *věstь (“message”). Compare Serbo-Croatian povest (“history”) and Russian повесть (povestʹ, “narrative, story”), Czech pověst (“narrative story”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poˈves.te/
Audio (file) Audio (file) - Rhymes: -este
- Hyphenation: po‧ves‧te
Declension
Declension of poveste
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (o) poveste | povestea | (niște) povești | poveștile |
| genitive/dative | (unei) povești | poveștii | (unor) povești | poveștilor |
| vocative | poveste, povesteo | poveștilor | ||
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- poveste in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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