хибара

Cognate with dialectal хиба́ть (xibátʹ, “to sway”), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *xybъ (“wobble”).

• IPA^(key): [xʲɪˈbarə]

хиба́ра • (xibára) f inan (genitive хиба́ры, nominative plural хиба́ры, genitive plural хиба́р, diminutive хиба́рка)

1. hovel, shack (a small, crudely built house)

   Synonyms: лачу́га (lačúga), хи́жина (xížina)

2. (figuratively, derogatory or ironic) flop, shanty (a small or mean apartment or apartment building)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “хибара”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “хибать”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.