hjálpa

See also: hjalpa and hjälpa

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hjalpa, from Proto-Germanic *helpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelb-, *ḱelp-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjɔl̥pa/

Verb

hjálpa (takes dative object, third person singular past indicative hjálpti, third person plural past indicative hjálpt, supine hjálpt)

  1. to help

Usage notes

  • einki hjálpti - nothing helped
  • hjálpa sær - to get along, to get by, to manage
    • lundin hjálpir sær væl við tað eina ljóðið - á! - the puffin gets by with the one sound - oa!
    • hjálpa sær sjálvum - to use the toilet (verbally: "to help oneself")

Conjugation

Conjugation of hjálpa (group v-2)
infinitive hjálpa
supine hjálpt
participle (a39)1 hjálpandi hjálptur
present past
first singular hjálpi hjálpti
second singular hjálpir hjálpti
third singular hjálpir hjálpti
plural hjálpa hjálptu
imperative
singular hjálp!
plural hjálpið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hjalpa, from Proto-Germanic *helpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelb-, *ḱelp-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈçaul̥pa/
    Rhymes: -aul̥pa

Verb

hjálpa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hjálpaði, supine hjálpað)

  1. (transitive, governs the dative) to help
    Enginn vildi hjálpa henni.
    No one wanted to help her.
    Hjálpaðu föður þínum!
    Help your father!
    Hver hjálpaði þér við verkefnið?
    Who helped you with the project?

Conjugation

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