chyba

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xyba. Cognate with Sanskrit क्षुभ्यति (kṣubhyati, “to shake, be agitated”), Polish uchybienie (“breach, flaw”), Slovak chyba.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈxɪba]
  • audio(file)

Noun

chyba f

  1. fault
  2. mistake, error
    dělat chyby ― to make mistakes
  3. (computing) bug, error

Declension
Declension of chyba (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative chyba chyby
genitive chyby chyb
dative chybě chybám
accusative chybu chyby
vocative chybo chyby
locative chybě chybách
instrumental chybou chybami

Further reading
  • chyba in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • chyba in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • chyba in Internetová jazyková příručka

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xyba.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈxɨ.ba/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɨba
  • Syllabification: chy‧ba

Particle

chyba

  1. perhaps, maybe

Derived terms
conjunction

Further reading
  • chyba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • chyba in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “chyba”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xyba. Compare with Czech chyba, Polish uchybienie (“breach, flaw”).

Noun

chyba f

  1. fault
  2. mistake, error
  3. (computing) bug, error

Declension
Declension of chyba
singular plural
nominative chyba chyby
genitive chyby chýb
dative chybe chybám
accusative chybu chyby
locative chybe chybách
instrumental chybou chybami

Further reading
  • chyba in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
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