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)
- (nonstandard, humorous) Alternative spelling of help
- (obsolete) Alternative form of holp (“helped”)
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Monkes Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], OCLC 230972125; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, OCLC 932884868:
- Thus halp him God.
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Usage notes
- The modern form is generally used only as an imperative ("Halp!"). The other forms are more rare. On the internet often associated with lolcats.
- In Internet slang, the verb may describe action that was intended to be helpful, but in reality is counterproductive or not useful: "Stop halping!"
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)
- (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
- h-prothesized form of alp
Verb
halp m
- h-prothesized form of alp
Old Norse
Verb
halp
- third-person singular past indicative active of hjalpa
Swedish
Verb
halp
- (archaic) past tense of hjälpa.