halp

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hælp/, /hɔːlp/
• Rhymes: -ælp, -ɔːlp

Verb

halp (third-person singular simple present halps, present participle halping, simple past and past participle halped)

1. (nonstandard, humorous) Alternative spelling of help
2. (obsolete) Alternative form of holp (“helped”)
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Monkes Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:

     Thus halp him God.

     Thus God helped him.

Usage notes

• The modern form is generally used only as an imperative ("Halp!"). The other forms are more rare. On the Internet it is often associated with lolcats.

Anagrams

• Pahl, phal

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German halp, from Old High German halp, from Proto-West Germanic *halb, from Proto-Germanic *halbaz (“half”). Cognate with German halb, English half.

Adjective

halp (not comparable)

1. (Sette Comuni) half

   Halbe lòite zèint ziich. ― Half the people are sick.

Declension

Positive forms of halp

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		èar ist halp	zi ist halp	is ist halp	ze zèint halp
with definite article	nominative	dar halbe	de halba	's halbe	de halben
	accusative	in halben	de halba	's halbe	de halben
	dative	me halben	dar halben	me halben	in halben
with indefinite article	nominative	an halbar	an halba	an halbes	(khòone) halben
	accusative	an halben	an halba	an halbes	(khòone) halben
	dative	aname halben	anara halben	aname halben	(khòonen) halben
without article	nominative				halbe
	accusative				halbe
	dative				halben

References

• “halp” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Irish

Noun

halp m

1. h-prothesized form of alp

Verb

halp m

1. h-prothesized form of alp

Old Norse

Verb

halp

1. third-person singular past indicative active of hjalpa

Swedish

Verb

halp

1. (archaic) past indicative of hjälpa