хиба

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Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak chyba, from Proto-Slavic *xyba.

Pronunciation

Noun

хиба (xibaf (related adjective хибни)

  1. error, mistake
    Synonyms: гришка (hriška), помилька (pomilʹka)
    нєт хибиnjet xibiit's fine, everything is order (literally, “there is no mistake”)
    буц у хибиbuc u xibito make a mistake (literally, “to be in error”)
  2. defect, deficiency, flaw, shortcoming
    Synonyms: гришка (hriška), нєдостаток (njedostatok)
    роба з хибуroba z xibudefective goods (literally, “goods with a defect”)
    тот конь ма єдну хибуtot konʹ ma jednu xibuthis horse has one flaw
  3. omission, oversight
    то велька хиба же нє провадзице културни подїї у нас
    to velʹka xiba že nje provadzice kulturni podjiji u nas
    it's a big oversight to not follow cultural events in our country
  4. guilt, fault, blame
    буц под хибуbuc pod xibuto be guilty (in the eyes of others); to have something on one's conscience (literally, “to be under fault”)
    нє на мнє хиба же ти нє сцеш робицnje na mnje xiba že ti nje sceš robicit's not my fault that you don't want to work
  5. malfunction, fault
    хиба була на карбураторуxiba bula na karburatoruthe fault was in the carburetor
  6. cause, reason
    Synonym: причина (pričina)
    главна хиба нашого нєуспиху у тим же зме нє орґанизовани
    hlavna xiba našoho njeuspixu u tim že zme nje organizovani
    the main reason for our failure is that we are not organized
  7. objection
    Synonym: пригварка (prihvarka)
    нє можем повесц нїяку хибу на ньгоnje možem povesc njijaku xibu na nʹhoI can't complain about him (literally, “I can't speak of any objection of him”)
    нє мам нїяку хибуnje mam njijaku xibuI am all for it (literally, “I have no kind of objection”)

Declension

Declension of хиба
singular plural
nominative хиба (xiba) хиби (xibi)
genitive хиби (xibi) хибох (xibox)
dative хиби (xibi) хибом (xibom)
accusative хибу (xibu) хиби (xibi)
instrumental хибу (xibu) хибами (xibami)
locative хиби (xibi) хибох (xibox)
vocative хибо (xibo) хиби (xibi)

Predicative

хиба (xiba)

  1. (it) is not good, (it) is not right, (it) is a problem
    шицки так робя, а то хибаšicki tak robja, a to xibaeveryone does that, and it's not good
    лєм цошка було хиба кед ше повадзелиljem coška bulo xiba ked še povadzelisomething was still wrong when they had a fight
    будзе хиба кед нє пойдзем на схадзку?budze xiba ked nje pojdzem na sxadzku?will it be a problem if I don't come to the meeting?
verbs

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Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xyba. Doublet of хіба́ (xibá).

Pronunciation

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Noun

хи́ба (xýbaf inan (genitive хи́би, nominative plural хи́би, genitive plural хиб, relational adjective хи́бний)

  1. error, mistake
    Synonym: по́ми́лка (pómýlka)
  2. flaw, fault
    Synonym: ва́да (váda)

Declension

Declension of хи́ба
(inan hard fem-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative хи́ба
xýba
хи́би
xýby
genitive хи́би
xýby
хиб
xyb
dative хи́бі
xýbi
хи́бам
xýbam
accusative хи́бу
xýbu
хи́би
xýby
instrumental хи́бою
xýboju
хи́бами
xýbamy
locative хи́бі
xýbi
хи́бах
xýbax
vocative хи́бо
xýbo
хи́би
xýby

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