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помочь

/[pɐˈmot͡ɕ] | [ˈpomət͡ɕ] | [pɐˈmot͡ɕ]/
Russianverbnoun

Definitions

  1. 1.
    to help
    • Я хочу́ тебе́ помо́чь.

      Ja xočú tebé pomóčʹ.I want to help you.

  2. 2.
    to avail, to work (to have the desired effect)
    • Лека́рство помогло́.

      Lekárstvo pomogló.The medicine helped.

  3. 3.
    colloquialto aid, to assist materially
    • Я дру́гу помогу́ де́ньгами.

      Ja drúgu pomogú dénʹgami.I'm going to help a friend with money.

  4. 4.
    belt, tape, or restraint to hold, support, or suspend something or someone (also figurative)
  5. 5.
    suspenders (US), braces (Britain)
  6. 6.
    leading-string
  7. 7.
    obsoleteregionala gathering of friends and neighbors to help in some project (such as a quilting bee, a barn-raising bee)
  8. 8.
    obsoleteregionalsynonymous with по́мощь (pómoščʹ): help, assistance, aid, support

Synonyms & related words

Synonyms
  • толо́ка
Related words (3)
  • помо́щник
  • помо́щница
  • по́мощь

Etymology

по- (po-) + мочь (močʹ), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-, whence English might.

Forms

  • помо́чьcanonical • perfective
  • pomóčʹromanization
  • помога́тьimperfective
  • помо́чьinfinitive • perfective
  • -active • participle • present
  • помо́гшийactive • participle • past
  • -participle • passive • present
  • -participle • passive • past
  • -adverbial • participle • present
  • -adverbial • participle • past
  • -first-person • present • singular
  • помогу́first-person • future • singular
  • -present • second-person • singular
  • помо́жешьfuture • second-person • singular
  • -present • singular • third-person
  • помо́жетfuture • singular • third-person
  • -first-person • plural • present
  • помо́жемfirst-person • future • plural
  • -plural • present • second-person
  • помо́жетеfuture • plural • second-person
  • -plural • present • third-person
  • помо́гутfuture • plural • third-person
  • помоги́imperative • second-person • singular
  • помоги́теimperative • plural • second-person
  • помо́гmasculine • past • singular
  • помогли́masculine • past • plural
  • помогла́feminine • past • singular
  • помогли́feminine • past • plural
  • помогло́neuter • past • singular
  • помогли́neuter • past • plural

Conjugation

Infinitive:помо́чь
I
-
you (sg)
-
he/she/it
-
we
-
you (pl)
-
they
-

Other Forms

present active:-, -
past active:помо́гший, -
present passive:-
past passive:-

Full conjugation of помочь

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