chyba
//ˈxɘ.ba/ | /ˈxɨ.ba/ | /ˈxɘ.ba/ | /ˈxɘ.ba/ | /ˈxɘ.ba/ | /ˈxɘ.ba//
Polishparticlenounprep
Definitions
- 1.expresses confidence but not certainty; probably; I think, I guess
- 2.delimiting particle; only, just, merely
On ta dzieci ni ma, chyba jednę córkę.
He doesn't have children, only one daughter.
- 3.falsehood; trick, deception
- 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.obsoleteerror, mistake
- 6.obsoletemiss, failure
- 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