хибиц

Inherited from Old Slovak chybiť, from Proto-Slavic *xybiti. By surface analysis, хиба (xiba) +‎ -иц (-ic).

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• Rhymes: -ibit͡s
• Hyphenation: хи‧биц

хибиц (xibic) impf

1. (ambitransitive) to lack, to be missing

   Synonym: нєдоставац (njedostavac)

   хиби му лєм таще млєко ― xibi mu ljem tašče mljeko ― he has everything (literally, “he is only lacking sparrow's milk”)

   хиби дакому дацо зоз стварох? мнє хибя патики

   xibi dakomu daco zoz stvarox? mnje xibja patiki

   is anyone missing any of the things? I'm missing sneakers

   нє шицки ту, бо хиби Микола

   nje šicki tu, bo xibi Mikola

   not everyone is here, because Mikola is missing

2. (intransitive, also impersonal) to not be enough, to be short of, to be missing

   чловече, цо тебе хиби?! ― človeče, co tebe xibi?! ― dude, why are you doing this?! (literally, “dude, what are you missing?!”)

   хибело пенєжу ― xibelo penježu ― there wasn't enough money

   хиби (хибя) ми 50 динари, та нє можем купиц ташку

   xibi (xibja) mi 50 dinari, ta nje možem kupic tašku

   I'm missing 50 dinars, so I can't buy a purse

3. (intransitive) to be absent, to be missing

   Synonym: одсуствовац (odsustvovac)

   вон часто хиби з роботи ― von často xibi z roboti ― he is always absent from work

• Only нєдоставац (njedostavac) is used to refer to missing in the sense of "to become aware of the loss or absence".

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “хибиц”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “lack”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 161