помочь

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

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• Rhymes: -ot͡ɕ

помо́чь • (pomóčʹ) pf (imperfective помога́ть)

1. to help

   Я хочу́ тебе́ помо́чь. ― Ja xočú tebé pomóčʹ. ― I want to help you.

2. (colloquial) to aid, to assist materially

   Я дру́гу помогу́ де́ньгами. ― Ja drúgu pomogú dénʹgami. ― I'm going to help a friend with money.

3. (impersonal) to avail, to work (to have the desired effect)

   Лека́рство помогло́. ― Lekárstvo pomogló. ― The medicine helped.

• помо́щник m (pomóšnik), помо́щница f (pomóščnica)
• по́мощь f (pómoščʹ)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pomoťь. Doublet of по́мощь (pómoščʹ), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.

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по́мочь • (pómočʹ) f inan (genitive по́мочи, nominative plural по́мочи, genitive plural по́мочей)

1. (usually in the plural) belt, tape, or restraint to hold, support, or suspend something or someone (also figurative)
2. (usually in the plural) suspenders (US), braces (Britain)
3. (historical, usually in the plural) leading-string
4. (obsolete or regional) a gathering of friends and neighbors to help in some project (such as a quilting bee, a barn-raising bee)

   Synonym: (southern Russia, Ukraine) толо́ка (tolóka)

5. (obsolete or regional) synonymous with по́мощь (pómoščʹ): help, assistance, aid, support

• помо́щник (pomóščnik), помо́щница (pomóščnica)
• по́мощь (pómoščʹ)