хиба

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈxiba]
• Rhymes: -iba
• Hyphenation: хи‧ба

хиба (xiba) f (related adjective хибни)

1. 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”)

2. 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

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 [with на (na) ‘of’]

   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

5. malfunction, fault

   хиба була на карбуратору ― xiba bula na karburatoru ― the 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 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”)

хиба (xiba)

1. (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?

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “хиба”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “error”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (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 [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (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 [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 277

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈxɪbɐ]

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хи́ба • (xýba) f inan (genitive хи́би, nominative plural хи́би, genitive plural хиб, relational adjective хи́бний)

1. error, mistake

   Synonym: по́ми́лка (pómýlka)

2. flaw, fault

   Synonym: ва́да (váda)

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