хіба

• chiba — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xyba.

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хі́ба • (xíba) f inan (genitive хі́бы, nominative plural хі́бы, genitive plural хіб)

1. mistake, error; fault

   Synonym: зага́на (zahána)

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хіба́ • (xibá)

1. perhaps, maybe

   Хіба́ то́лькі цуд мо́г яго́ вы́ратаваць.

   Xibá tólʹki cud móh jahó výratavacʹ.

   Perhaps only a miracle could save him.

   • 1924, Mikałaj Azbukin, Географія Эўропы, page 123:

     Маразы́ быва́юць хіба́ то́лькі ў го́рах, ...

     Marazý byvájucʹ xibá tólʹki ŭ hórax, ...

     Frosts occur maybe only in the mountains, ...

2. as if (something that the speaker deems highly unlikely), used to express strong doubt in something when asking a (possibly rhetorical) question

   Хіба́ ты не пла́ціш пада́ткі? ― Xibá ty nje pláciš padátki? ― You do pay taxes, don't you?

   Хіба́ ты ве́даеш? ― Xibá ty vjédaješ? ― As if you know.

   Хіба́ ты мо́жаш не́шта як след зрабі́ць? ― Xibá ty móžaš njéšta jak sljed zrabícʹ? ― Can't you do anything right?

хіба́ • (xibá)

1. unless
   • 1991, Алесь Гарун, Сэрцам пачуты звон: паэзія, проза, драматургія, публіцыстыка:

     Хіба́ сме́рць без ча́су нас з табо́й развя́жа.

     Xibá smjércʹ bjez čásu nas z tabój razvjáža.

     Unless an untimely death sets us apart.

• “хіба” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• “хіба”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xyba. Doublet of хи́ба (xýba).

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хіба́ • (xibá)

1. perhaps, maybe
2. really?, is it possible?, indeed

хіба́ • (xibá)

1. unless

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “хіба”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “хіба”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
• “хіба”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)