przypadek.
chance, accident; coincidence (situation which occurred that could not have been predicted)
Meaning & usage
chance, accident; coincidence (situation which occurred that could not have been predicted)
event, instance, case (something that happened)
w takim przypadku
case (instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms)
case (person representing said condition or set of symptoms)
adventure; event
facts; events (that which occurred in someone's life)
characteristic (that which defines a person's features or behaviors)
shift (established order of performing duties)
fate
assets, income (that which belongs to someone)
tribute, tax
will; regulations, commandments (that what someone wants)
property (that which belongs to or is located in a particular area)
addition, adjacency
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.
case; grammatical case
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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