прийтись

Definitions

1. 1.
   to be necessary, to be required [with dative ‘for someone’ and infinitive ‘to do something’] (idiomatically translated by English have to or must with the dative object as the subject)

   • нам пришло́сь уйти́ бы́стро

     nam prišlósʹ ujtí býstro — we had to leave quickly

   • знай, прия́тель: е́сли я тебе́ э́то скажу́, мне придётся тебя́ уби́ть

     znaj, prijátelʹ: jésli ja tebé éto skažú, mne pridjótsja tebjá ubítʹ — listen, pal, if I tell you this, I’ll have to kill you

   • о э́том де́ле говори́ть не пришло́сь

     o étom déle govorítʹ ne prišlósʹ — there was no need to speak about this matter

2. 2.
   to fall, to occur
3. 3.
   to be (in a certain state) [with dative ‘for someone’ and adverb ‘in a certain state’] (idiomatically translated by English to have a certain time of it with the dative object as the subject)

   • ему́ пришло́сь легко́

     jemú prišlósʹ lexkó — he has had an easy time of it

4. 4.
   to come from, to be constituted by (of a quantity) [with на (na, + accusative) ‘a source’] (idiomatically translated by English account for with the object of на (na) as the subject)

   • полови́на всего́ э́кспорта пришла́сь на нефть

     polovína vsevó éksporta prišlásʹ na neftʹ — oil accounted for half of all exports

5. 5.
   to be due

   • на ка́ждого пассажи́ра пришло́сь по рублю́

     na káždovo passažíra prišlósʹ po rubljú — each passenger had to pay a ruble

6. 6.
   to be related
7. 7.
   to suit, to fit (usually in specific expressions)

   • прийти́сь по вку́су

     prijtísʹ po vkúsu — to be to one's taste, to be to one's liking

   • прийти́сь по душе́

     prijtísʹ po dušé — to be pleasing

   • прийти́сь кста́ти

     prijtísʹ kstáti — to come in handy

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