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Russian
Etymology 1
по- (po-) + мочь (močʹ), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-, whence English might.
Pronunciation
Verb
помо́чь • (pomóčʹ) pf (imperfective помога́ть)
- to help
- Я хочу́ тебе́ помо́чь. ― Ja xočú tebé pomóčʹ. ― I want to help you.
- (colloquial) to aid, to assist materially ,
- Я дру́гу помогу́ де́ньгами. ― Ja drúgu pomogú dénʹgami. ― I'm going to help a friend with money.
- (impersonal) to avail, to work (to have the desired effect)
- Лека́рство помогло́. ― Lekárstvo pomogló. ― The medicine helped.
Conjugation
Conjugation of помо́чь (class 8c/b perfective intransitive)
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Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pomoťь. Doublet of по́мощь (pómoščʹ), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.
Pronunciation
Noun
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
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