случай

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъlučajь. Morphologically from слу́ка (slúka, “opportunity”) +‎ -яй (-jaj).

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слу́чай • (slúčaj) m

1. instance, occasion, case
2. opportunity
3. chance, accident
4. (law, finance) case

• получа́й (polučáj, “outcome, lot, fate”) (obsolete, dated)

• “случай”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “случай”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian случај／slučaj or East Slavic слу́чай (slúčaj), from Proto-Slavic *sъlučajь.

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• Rhymes: -ut͡ʃaj
• Hyphenation: слу‧чай

случай (slučaj) m inan

1. case, instance

   Synonym: обставина (obstavina)

   у тим случаю ― u tim slučaju ― in that case, if so

2. event, incident
3. chance

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “случай”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “case”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 49

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъlučajь, from *lučiti. Compare случи́ться (slučítʹsja), лучи́ть (lučítʹ).

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слу́чай • (slúčaj) m inan (genitive слу́чая, nominative plural слу́чаи, genitive plural слу́чаев)

1. case

   в тако́м слу́чае ― v takóm slúčaje ― in such a case

2. occurrence, event
3. occasion

   в обо́их слу́чаях ― v obóix slúčajax ― on both occasions

4. opportunity, chance

   при удо́бном слу́чае ― pri udóbnom slúčaje ― at one's earliest convenience

• в слу́чае (v slúčaje)
• на слу́чай (na slúčaj)
• случа́йный (slučájnyj)
• случа́ться (slučátʹsja)
• случи́ться (slučítʹsja)
• случа́йно (slučájno)