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See also: heşt
English[edit]
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.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hest (plural hests)
- (obsolete) Command, injunction.
- 1610–1611, William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene i]:
- FERDINAND: […] What is your name?
MIRANDA: Miranda — O my father! / I have broke your hest to say so.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
command, injunction
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Anagrams[edit]
Danish[edit]
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).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hest c (singular definite hesten, plural indefinite heste)
Inflection[edit]
Declension of hest
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “hest” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch[edit]
Verb[edit]
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Faroese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hest
Icelandic[edit]
Noun[edit]
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Northern Kurdish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Arabic حَسّ (ḥass). Cognate with Persian حس (hes).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hest m (Arabic spelling ههست)
Declension[edit]
Declension of hest
| Definite masculine gender | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
Derived terms[edit]
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle Norwegian hester (“horse”), from Old Norse hestr (“horse”), from Proto-Germanic *hangistaz (“horse, stallion”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱanḱest-, *kankest- (“horse”). Doublet of hingst.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hest m (definite singular hesten, indefinite plural hester, definite plural hestene)
- a horse
Usage notes[edit]
- 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.
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from hest
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
hest
References[edit]
- “hest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Norwegian hester, from Old Norse hestr, from Proto-Germanic *hangistaz. Doublet of hingst.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hest m (definite singular hesten, indefinite plural hestar, definite plural hestane)
- a horse
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from hest
References[edit]
- “hest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse[edit]
Noun[edit]
hest
Zazaki[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Numeral[edit]
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