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przypadek.

chance, accident; coincidence (situation which occurred that could not have been predicted)

9 characters3 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

noun/pʂɘˈpa.dɛk//pr̝ɨˈpɒ.dɛk/Middle, Polish/pʂɨˈpɒ.dɛk/Middle, Polish
  1. chance, accident; coincidence (situation which occurred that could not have been predicted)

    inanimate · masculine
  2. event, instance, case (something that happened)

    inanimate · masculine
    w takim przypadku
  3. case (instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms)

    inanimate · masculine
  4. case (person representing said condition or set of symptoms)

    inanimate · masculine
  5. adventure; event

    inanimate · masculine · obsolete
  6. facts; events (that which occurred in someone's life)

    in-plural · inanimate · masculine · obsolete
  7. characteristic (that which defines a person's features or behaviors)

    Middle · Polish · inanimate · masculine
  8. shift (established order of performing duties)

    Middle · Polish · inanimate · masculine
  9. fate

    Middle · Polish · inanimate · masculine
  10. assets, income (that which belongs to someone)

    Middle · Polish · inanimate · masculine
  11. tribute, tax

    Middle · Polish · inanimate · masculine
  12. will; regulations, commandments (that what someone wants)

    Middle · Polish · inanimate · masculine
  13. property (that which belongs to or is located in a particular area)

    Middle · Polish · inanimate · masculine
  14. addition, adjacency

    Middle · Polish · inanimate · masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *préy Proto-Balto-Slavic *prei Proto-Slavic *pri Proto-Slavic *pri- Old Polish przy- Proto-Indo-European *ped-der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *pṓˀstei Proto-Slavic *pàsti Old Polish paść Old Polish przypaść Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Slavic *-kъ Proto-Slavic *-ъkъ Old Polish -ek Old Polish przypadek ▲ Latin cāsussl. Polish przypadek Inherited from Old Polish przypadek. Noun 1 sense 2, noun 1 sense 3, noun 1 sense 4 and noun 2 sense 1 are semantic loans from Latin cāsus, which displaced spadek. By surface analysis, przypadać + -ek. Compare Czech případek, Kashubian przëpôdk, and Russian припа́док (pripádok). Further compare Hungarian eset and German Fall.

noun/pʂɘˈpa.dɛk//pr̝ɨˈpɒ.dɛk/Middle, Polish/pʂɨˈpɒ.dɛk/Middle, Polish
  1. case; grammatical case

    inanimate · masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *préy Proto-Balto-Slavic *prei Proto-Slavic *pri Proto-Slavic *pri- Old Polish przy- Proto-Indo-European *ped-der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *pṓˀstei Proto-Slavic *pàsti Old Polish paść Old Polish przypaść Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Slavic *-kъ Proto-Slavic *-ъkъ Old Polish -ek Old Polish przypadek ▲ Latin cāsussl. Polish przypadek Inherited from Old Polish przypadek. Noun 1 sense 2, noun 1 sense 3, noun 1 sense 4 and noun 2 sense 1 are semantic loans from Latin cāsus, which displaced spadek. By surface analysis, przypadać + -ek. Compare Czech případek, Kashubian przëpôdk, and Russian припа́док (pripádok). Further compare Hungarian eset and German Fall.

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