Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pomagati. Equivalent to pomoći +‎ -ati. Cognates include Russian помогать (pomogatʹ), Polish pomagać, Ukrainian помагати (pomahaty), Belarusian памагчы (pamahčy), Czech pomáhat.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pomǎːɡati/
  • Hyphenation: po‧ma‧ga‧ti

Verb

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pomágati impf (Cyrillic spelling пома́гати)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to help, aid, assist

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • pomagati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovene

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *pomagati. Equivalent to pomóči +‎ -ati.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pɔmàːɡati/, /pɔmaɡàːti/

Verb

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pomágati or pomagáti impf or pf

  1. to help

Inflection

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-ati -am (acute or AP b)
infinitive pomágati, pomagáti
1st singular pomágam
infinitive pomágati, pomagáti pomágat
supine pomágat
verbal noun pomáganje
participle converb
present pomagajọ̄č pomagȃje
past pomágan
l-participle masculine feminine neuter
singular pomágał pomágala, pomagȃla pomágalo, pomagálo
dual pomágala, pomagála pomágali, pomagáli pomágali, pomagáli
plural pomágali, pomagáli pomágale, pomagále pomágala, pomagála
present imperative
1st singular pomágam
2nd singular pomágaš pomágaj
3rd singular pomága
1st dual pomágava pomágajva, pomagȃjva
2nd dual pomágata pomágajta, pomagȃjta
3rd dual pomágata
1st plural pomágamo pomágajmo, pomagȃjmo
2nd plural pomágate pomágajte, pomagȃjte
3rd plural pomágajo

Further reading

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