hest

See also: heşt

English

Etymology

From Middle English, alteration of Middle English hes, from Old English hǣs (“command”). Akin to Old English hātan "to command". More at hight.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛst/
• Rhymes: -ɛst

Noun

hest (plural hests)

1. (obsolete) Command, injunction.
   • 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 3 scene 1

     FERDINAND: [...] What is your name?

     MIRANDA. Miranda — O my father! / I have broke your hest to say so.

Related terms

• behest

Translations

command, injunction

• Russian: прика́з (ru) m (prikáz), приказа́ние (ru) n (prikazánije)

Anagrams

• Seth, Tesh, eths, hets, shet, tesh

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Danish

hest

Etymology

From Old Norse hestr (“stallion”), from Proto-Germanic *hangistaz. Cognate to hingst (“stallion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛst/, [hɛsd̥]

Noun

hest c (singular definite hesten, plural indefinite heste)

1. horse

Derived terms

• gyngehest

Inflection

Declension of hest

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hest	hesten	heste	hestene
genitive	hests	hestens	hestes	hestenes

References

• “hest” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛst/
• Rhymes: -ɛst
• Homophones: Hest, heyst

Noun

hest

1. indefinite accusative singular of hestur

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Icelandic

Noun

hest

1. indefinite accusative singular of hestur

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Norwegian Bokmål

Politi på hest i København, Danmark

Etymology 1

Adjective

hest

1. neuter singular of hes

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hestr, from Proto-Germanic *hangistaz.

Noun

hest m (definite singular hesten, indefinite plural hester, definite plural hestene)

1. a horse

Derived terms

Terms derived from hest

• flodhest
• fullblodshest
• gyngehest
• hesteelsker

• hestehale
• hestekraft
• hesterygg
• hestesko

• hestetrukket
• islandshest
• pakkhest

References

• “hest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hestr, from Proto-Germanic *hangistaz.

Noun

hest m (definite singular hesten, indefinite plural hestar, definite plural hestane)

1. a horse

Derived terms

• flodhest
• fullblodshest
• gyngehest
• hestehale
• hestekraft

• hesterygg
• hestesko
• islandshest
• pakkhest

References

• “hest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Zazaki

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian (compare Persian هشت‏ (hašt)), from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

Numeral

hest

1. eight