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) (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, where any halp given is unlikely to be helpful. === 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 ==== === 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 == Middle English == === Verb === halp alternative form of holp (“helped”). == Old Norse == === Verb === halp third-person singular past indicative active of hjalpa == Swedish == === Verb === halp (archaic) past indicative of hjälpa