parhäst
Swedish
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Etymology
[edit]par (“pair”) + häst (“horse”)
Noun
[edit]parhäst c
- a horse in a two-horse team (such as in front of a carriage)
- (figuratively) a constant companion, a sidekick
- Nisse och hans parhäst Margit har lett programmet i tjugo år
- Nisse and his constant companion Margit have hosted the program for twenty years
Usage notes
[edit]Now usually figuratively.
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | parhäst | parhästs |
| definite | parhästen | parhästens | |
| plural | indefinite | parhästar | parhästars |
| definite | parhästarna | parhästarnas |