помочь
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Russian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]по- (po-) + мочь (močʹ), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-, whence English might.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]помо́чь • (pomóčʹ) pf (imperfective помога́ть)
- to help [with dative ‘whom’]
- (colloquial) to aid, to assist materially [with dative ‘whom’ and instrumental ‘with/using what’]
- (impersonal) to avail, to work (to have the desired effect)
- Лека́рство помогло́. ― Lekárstvo pomogló. ― The medicine helped.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of помо́чь (class 8c/b perfective intransitive)
perfective aspect | ||
---|---|---|
infinitive | помо́чь pomóčʹ | |
participles | present tense | past tense |
active | — | помо́гший pomógšij |
passive | — | — |
adverbial | — | — |
present tense | future tense | |
1st singular (я) | — | помогу́ pomogú |
2nd singular (ты) | — | помо́жешь pomóžešʹ |
3rd singular (он/она́/оно́) | — | помо́жет pomóžet |
1st plural (мы) | — | помо́жем pomóžem |
2nd plural (вы) | — | помо́жете pomóžete |
3rd plural (они́) | — | помо́гут pomógut |
imperative | singular | plural |
помоги́ pomogí |
помоги́те pomogíte | |
past tense | singular | plural (мы/вы/они́) |
masculine (я/ты/он) | помо́г pomóg |
помогли́ pomoglí |
feminine (я/ты/она́) | помогла́ pomoglá | |
neuter (оно́) | помогло́ pomogló |
Related terms
[edit]- помо́щник m (pomóšnik), помо́щница f (pomóščnica)
- по́мощь f (pómoščʹ)
Etymology 2
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pomoťь. Doublet of по́мощь (pómoščʹ), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]по́мочь • (pómočʹ) f inan (genitive по́мочи, nominative plural по́мочи, genitive plural по́мочей)
- (usually in the plural) belt, tape, or restraint to hold, support, or suspend something or someone (also figurative)
- (usually in the plural) suspenders (US), braces (Britain)
- (historical, usually in the plural) leading-string
- (obsolete or regional) a gathering of friends and neighbors to help in some project (such as a quilting bee, a barn-raising bee)
- (obsolete or regional) synonymous with по́мощь (pómoščʹ): help, assistance, aid, support
Declension
[edit]Declension of по́мочь (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a)
Related terms
[edit]- помо́щник (pomóščnik), помо́щница (pomóščnica)
- по́мощь (pómoščʹ)
Categories:
- Russian terms prefixed with по-
- Russian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Russian 2-syllable words
- Russian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Russian terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Russian/ot͡ɕ
- Rhymes:Russian/ot͡ɕ/2 syllables
- Russian lemmas
- Russian verbs
- Russian perfective verbs
- Russian terms with usage examples
- Russian colloquialisms
- Russian impersonal verbs
- Russian irregular verbs
- Russian class 8 verbs
- Russian class 8c verbs
- Russian intransitive verbs
- Russian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Russian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Russian doublets
- Russian nouns
- Russian feminine nouns
- Russian inanimate nouns
- Russian terms with historical senses
- Russian terms with obsolete senses
- Regional Russian
- Russian 3rd-declension feminine-form nouns
- Russian 3rd-declension feminine-form accent-a nouns
- Russian nouns with accent pattern a