helpu
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Verb
[edit]helpu
- imperative of helpi
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈhɛlpɨ̞/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈhɛlpi/
Verb
[edit]helpu (first-person singular present helpaf, not mutable)
- to help
- Synonym: cynorthwyo
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | helpaf | helpi | helpa | helpwn | helpwch | helpant | helpir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
helpwn | helpit | helpai | helpem | helpech | helpent | helpid | |
preterite | helpais | helpaist | helpodd | helpasom | helpasoch | helpasant | helpwyd | |
pluperfect | helpaswn | helpasit | helpasai | helpasem | helpasech | helpasent | helpasid, helpesid | |
present subjunctive | helpwyf | helpych | helpo | helpom | helpoch | helpont | helper | |
imperative | — | helpa | helped | helpwn | helpwch | helpent | helper | |
verbal noun | helpu | |||||||
verbal adjectives | helpedig helpadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | helpa i, helpaf i | helpi di | helpith o/e/hi, helpiff e/hi | helpwn ni | helpwch chi | helpan nhw |
conditional | helpwn i, helpswn i | helpet ti, helpset ti | helpai fo/fe/hi, helpsai fo/fe/hi | helpen ni, helpsen ni | helpech chi, helpsech chi | helpen nhw, helpsen nhw |
preterite | helpais i, helpes i | helpaist ti, helpest ti | helpodd o/e/hi | helpon ni | helpoch chi | helpon nhw |
imperative | — | helpa | — | — | helpwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Derived terms
[edit]- helpwr (“helper”)
Further reading
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “helpu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies