hest

== English == === Etymology === 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 === IPA(key): /hɛst/ Rhymes: -ɛst === Noun === hest (plural hests) (obsolete) Command, injunction. ==== Related terms ==== behest ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Esth, Esth., Seth, Tesh, eths, hets, shet, tesh == Danish == === Etymology === 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 === IPA(key): /ˈhɛsd/, [ˈhesd̥], [ˈhest] === Noun === hest c (singular definite hesten, plural indefinite heste) horse Synonym: tamhest (chess, uncommon) knight ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Norwegian Bokmål: hest → Greenlandic: hiisti, hesti === References === “hest” in Den Danske Ordbog == Faroese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɛst/ Rhymes: -ɛst Homophones: Hest, heyst === Noun === hest indefinite accusative singular of hestur == Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɛst/ (Northern Iceland, Southern Iceland) IPA(key): [hɛs̠t] === Noun === hest indefinite accusative singular of hestur == Northern Kurdish == === Etymology === From Arabic حَسّ (ḥass). Cognate with Persian حس (hes). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɛst/ === Noun === hest m (Arabic spelling هه‌ست) emotion, feeling, sentiment, passion ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈhɛst/ ==== Noun ==== hest m (definite singular hesten, indefinite plural hester, definite plural hestene) a horse ===== Usage notes ===== 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 ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈheːst/ ==== Adjective ==== hest neuter of hes === References === “hest” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === heist, hæst (dialectal) === Etymology === From Middle Norwegian hester, from Old Norse hestr, from Proto-Germanic *hangistaz (“horse, stallion”). Doublet of hingst. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɛst/ === Noun === hest m (definite singular hesten, indefinite plural hestar, definite plural hestane) a horse, especially the male rida høgan hest ― to act arrogant (literally, “ride on a high horse”) ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === fole fylje føl hoppe merr skjut øyk === References === “hest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. “hest” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring == Old English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== hēst f (late Kentish) alternative form of hǣst === Etymology 2 === ==== Adjective ==== hēst (Anglian) alternative form of hīehst == Old Norse == === Noun === hest accusative singular indefinite of hestr m == Swedish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈheːst/ === Noun === hest c (nonstandard, Internet slang) alternative form of häst (“horse”), "herse" ==== Usage notes ==== Popularized by the meme "snel hest" (nice horse). ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== klap === Adjective === hest indefinite neuter singular of hes == Zazaki == === Alternative forms === heşt === Numeral === hest eight