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chyba

//ˈxɘ.ba/ | /ˈxɨ.ba/ | /ˈxɘ.ba/ | /ˈxɘ.ba/ | /ˈxɘ.ba/ | /ˈxɘ.ba//
Polishparticlenounprep

Definitions

  1. 1.
    expresses confidence but not certainty; probably; I think, I guess
  2. 2.
    delimiting particle; only, just, merely
    • On ta dzieci ni ma, chyba jednę córkę.

      He doesn't have children, only one daughter.

  3. 3.
    falsehood; trick, deception
  4. 4.
    loss; lack; damage; failure; defect
    • Mam chybę w ûrodzaju.

      I have a loss in my harvest.

    • Mam chybę w gôspodarztwie.

      I have a failure in my farm.

    • Zrobiłeś mu chybę w majątku.

      You made a failure in the estate.

  5. 5.
    obsoleteerror, mistake
  6. 6.
    obsoletemiss, failure
  7. 7.
    denotes lack; without; except; barring

Synonyms & related words

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Slavic *xybati Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Slavic *-iti Proto-Slavic *xybiti Proto-Slavic *xyba Old Polish *chyba Polish chyba Inherited from Old Polish *chyba, from Proto-Slavic *xyba. By surface analysis, deverbal from chybić. First attested in the 16th century.

Forms

  • chybamcombined-form • object-first-person • object-singular
  • chybaśmycombined-form • object-first-person • object-plural
  • chybaścombined-form • object-second-person • object-singular
  • chybaściecombined-form • object-plural • object-second-person
  • chybacombined-form • object-singular • object-third-person
  • chybacombined-form • object-plural • object-third-person
  • chebaalternative
  • chibaalternative

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