hest
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Etymology edit
From Middle English heste, alteration of Middle English hes, from Old English hǣs (“command”). Akin to Old English hātan "to command". More at hight.
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hest (plural hests)
- (obsolete) Command, injunction.
- 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
- FERDINAND: […] What is your name?
MIRANDA: Miranda — O my father! / I have broke your hest to say so.
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Etymology edit
From Old Norse hestr (“stallion”), from Proto-Germanic *hanhistaz, a Verner alternation variant of *hangistaz, which is the source of the West Germanic word for “stallion”, cf. German Hengst and Danish hingst (a loanword from Low German).
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hest c (singular definite hesten, plural indefinite heste)
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- “hest” in Den Danske Ordbog
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hest
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Northern Kurdish edit
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From Arabic حَسّ (ḥass). Cognate with Persian حس (hes).
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hest m (Arabic spelling ههست)
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Definite masculine gender | ||||
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Case | Singular | Plural | ||
Nominative | hest | hest | ||
Construct | hestê | hestên | ||
Oblique | hestî | hestan | ||
Demonstrative oblique | wî hestî | wan hestan | ||
Vocative | hesto | hestino | ||
Indefinite masculine gender | ||||
Case | Singular | Plural | ||
Nominative | hestek | hestin | ||
Construct | hestekî | hestine | ||
Oblique | hestekî | hestinan |
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Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Danish hest, from Old Danish hæst (“horse”), from Old Norse hestr (“horse”), from Proto-Germanic *hangistaz (“horse, stallion”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱanḱest-, *kankest- (“horse”). Doublet of hingst.
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hest m (definite singular hesten, indefinite plural hester, definite plural hestene)
- a horse
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- In the period between 1938 and 1983, the definite plural form hesta was allowed. This morphological peculiarity included these other masculine nouns: gamp, gutt, kar, tupp.
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hest
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- “hest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
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Etymology edit
From Middle Norwegian hester, from Old Norse hestr, from Proto-Germanic *hangistaz (“horse, stallion”). Doublet of hingst.
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hest m (definite singular hesten, indefinite plural hestar, definite plural hestane)
- a horse, especially the male
- Synonym: øyk
- rida høgan hest ― to act arrogant (literally, “ride on a high horse”)
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hest
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hest c
- (nonstandard, Internet slang) Alternative form of häst (“horse”)
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Popularized by the meme "snel hest" (nice horse).
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Declension of hest | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | hest | hesten | hestar | hestarna |
Genitive | hests | hestens | hestars | hestarnas |
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