случиться

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Russian

Etymology

From с- (s-) +‎ лучи́ть (lučítʹ, to allow, originally accomplish) +‎ -ся (-sja). Not related to случи́ть (slučítʹ, to bring together, to mate animals) (see лучи́ть (lučítʹ)).

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Verb

случи́ться (slučítʹsjapf (imperfective случа́ться)

  1. (usually impersonal) to happen, to occur, to come about
    Synonyms: произойти́ (proizojtí), происте́чь (proistéčʹ), соверши́ться (soveršítʹsja); довести́сь (dovestísʹ)
    что случи́лось?što slučílosʹ?what happened?

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