Inherited fromVulgar Latin*eccum iste, fromLatineccum +iste. CompareItalianquesto,Old Frenchcest,Catalanaquest, andRomanschquest.
acest m orn (feminine singularaceastă,masculine pluralacești,feminine/neuter pluralaceste)
Acest is used only in the pre-position, and when the noun being modified doesnot take an article.
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative | indefinite | acest | această | acești | aceste | |||
| definite | — | — | — | — | ||||
| genitive- dative | indefinite | acestui | acestei | acestor | acestor | |||
| definite | — | — | — | — | ||||