halp

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hælp/
  • Rhymes: -ælp

Verb

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

  1. (nonstandard, humorous) Alternative spelling of help.

Usage notes

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

Anagrams

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
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
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

Middle English

Verb

halp

  1. alternative form of holp (“helped”).

Old Norse

Verb

halp

  1. third-person singular past indicative active of hjalpa

Swedish

Verb

halp

  1. (archaic) past indicative of hjälpa
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