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chybać.

to scamper, to scurry; to go away; to come; to run quickly

6 characters2 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈxɨ.bat͡ɕ/Middle, Polish[ˈxɘ.bat͡ɕ][ˈxɘ.bat͡ɕ][ˈxɘ.bat͡ɕ]

  1. to scamper, to scurry; to go away; to come; to run quickly

    dialectal · imperative · imperfective · intransitive · often

  2. to scamper, to scurry; to go away; to come; to run quickly to shoot up (of e.g. garlic, to grow quickly)

    dialectal · imperative · imperfective · intransitive · often

  3. to rock, to shake, to wobble

    Middle · Polish · imperfective · transitive

  4. synonym of rzucać

    imperfective · transitive

  5. synonym of skakać

    imperfective · intransitive

  6. synonym of kołysać się /chwiać się

    Middle · Polish · imperfective · reflexive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷsewbʰ-der. Proto-Slavic *xybъ Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ā́ˀtei Proto-Slavic *-ati Proto-Slavic *xybàti Polish chybać Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xybàti. First attested in 1535.

conj/ˈxɨ.bat͡ɕ/Middle, Polish[ˈxɘ.bat͡ɕ][ˈxɘ.bat͡ɕ][ˈxɘ.bat͡ɕ]

  1. used as a contrastive conjunction

    Middle · Polish

  2. used as a contrastive conjunction used as a contrastive conjunction and simultaneously adverbial clause of the exclusive conditional, which begins a new conditional

    Middle · Polish
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷsewbʰ-der. Proto-Slavic *xybъ Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ā́ˀtei Proto-Slavic *-ati Proto-Slavic *xybati Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Balto-Slavic *-éitei Proto-Slavic *-iti Proto-Slavic *xybitideverb. Proto-Slavic *xyba Old Polish *chyba Polish chyba Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ Proto-Balto-Slavic *tūˀ Proto-Slavic *ty Old Polish ty Old Polish -ć Polish -ć Polish chybać From chyba + -ć. First attested in 1545.

particle/ˈxɨ.bat͡ɕ/Middle, Polish[ˈxɘ.bat͡ɕ][ˈxɘ.bat͡ɕ][ˈxɘ.bat͡ɕ]

  1. synonym of jedynie /tylko /wyłącznie

    Middle · Polish
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷsewbʰ-der. Proto-Slavic *xybъ Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ā́ˀtei Proto-Slavic *-ati Proto-Slavic *xybati Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Balto-Slavic *-éitei Proto-Slavic *-iti Proto-Slavic *xybitideverb. Proto-Slavic *xyba Old Polish *chyba Polish chyba Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ Proto-Balto-Slavic *tūˀ Proto-Slavic *ty Old Polish ty Old Polish -ć Polish -ć Polish chybać From chyba + -ć. First attested in 1545.

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