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”).
poveste f (plural povești)
singular | plural | |||
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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 |