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Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
Inherited from Old Slovak chyba, from Proto-Slavic *xyba.
Pronunciation
Noun
хиба (xiba) f (related adjective хибни)
- error, mistake
- Synonyms: гришка (hriška), помилька (pomilʹka)
- нєт хиби ― njet xibi ― it's fine, everything is order (literally, “there is no mistake”)
- буц у хиби ― buc u xibi ― to make a mistake (literally, “to be in error”)
- defect, deficiency, flaw, shortcoming
- Synonyms: гришка (hriška), нєдостаток (njedostatok)
- роба з хибу ― roba z xibu ― defective goods (literally, “goods with a defect”)
- тот конь ма єдну хибу ― tot konʹ ma jednu xibu ― this horse has one flaw
- 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
- guilt, fault, blame
- буц под хибу ― buc pod xibu ― to 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 робиц ― nje na mnje xiba že ti nje sceš robic ― it's not my fault that you don't want to work
- malfunction, fault
- хиба була на карбуратору ― xiba bula na karburatoru ― the fault was in the carburetor
- 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
- objection
- Synonym: пригварка (prihvarka)
- нє можем повесц нїяку хибу на ньго ― nje možem povesc njijaku xibu na nʹho ― I can't complain about him (literally, “I can't speak of any objection of him”)
- нє мам нїяку хибу ― nje mam njijaku xibu ― I am all for it (literally, “I have no kind of objection”)
Declension
Predicative
хиба (xiba)
- (it) is not good, (it) is not right, (it) is a problem
- шицки так робя, а то хиба ― šicki tak robja, a to xiba ― everyone does that, and it's not good
- лєм цошка було хиба кед ше повадзели ― ljem coška bulo xiba ked še povadzeli ― something 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?
References
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “хиба”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
- Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “error”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 103
- Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “fault”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 112
- Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “shortcoming”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 277
Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xyba. Doublet of хіба́ (xibá).
Pronunciation
Noun
хи́ба • (xýba) f inan (genitive хи́би, nominative plural хи́би, genitive plural хиб, relational adjective хи́бний)
- error, mistake
- Synonym: по́ми́лка (pómýlka)
- flaw, fault
- Synonym: ва́да (váda)
Declension
References