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In many Slavic languages (and also in Hungarian) hiba/chiba/chyba means mistake :)

• rad_gruchalski 5y ago
  In Polish it means roughly “surely“, alternatively „I guess“.
  • mirekrusin 5y ago
    ...or "maybe".
  • andrewshadura 5y ago
    In modern Polish. The meaning derives from the old Polish word meaning mistake too :)
    • rad_gruchalski 5y ago
      It doesn’t derive anything. The word had a different meaning before XX century. Modern usage is to weaken the statement, the closest I can immediately think of is „possibly”. On chyba śpi = he possibly sleeps.
• tsimionescu 5y ago
  In Romanian, probably through slavic origins, it means specifically 'the flaw'.
• nomoreideas 5y ago
  In Hebrew it means affection (written חיבה)
  • meitham 5y ago
    In Arabic it’s gift, هبة
• coolspot 5y ago
  In Russian it means… … it doesn’t mean anything.
• legerdemain 5y ago
  If people who speak Slavic languages can drive a car called Škoda, they can use a tool called HIBA.