прийтись

Etymology

Prefix при- (pri-, “indicating action or motion towards a terminal point”) + идти́ (idtí, “to walk or go”) + -сь (-sʹ, “reflexive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [prʲɪjˈtʲisʲ]
• IPA^(key): [prʲɪjˈtʲːisʲ] (phonetic respelling: прийдти́сь)

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• IPA^(key): [prʲɪˈtʲisʲ] (phonetic respelling: прити́сь)
• IPA^(key): [prʲɪˈtʲːisʲ] (phonetic respelling: придти́сь)

Verb

прийти́сь • (prijtísʹ) pf (imperfective приходи́ться)

1. (impersonal) to be necessary, to be required [with dative ‘for someone’ and inf ‘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 (literally, “it was necessary for us 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. to fall, to occur [with на (na, + accusative) ‘on a specific date’]
3. (impersonal) 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. 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

   (literally, “one half of all exports came from oil”)

5. (impersonal) to be due [with на (na, + accusative) ‘from someone’ and по (po, + dative) ‘some amount’]

   на ка́ждого пассажи́ра пришло́сь по рублю́

   na káždovo passažíra prišlósʹ po rubljú

   each passenger had to pay a ruble

   (literally, “a ruble was due from each passenger”)

6. (imperfective only) to be related [with dative ‘to someone’]
7. to suit, to fit (usually in specific expressions) [with dative ‘someone’ and по (po, + dative) ‘with respect to something’]

   прийти́сь по вку́су ― prijtísʹ po vkúsu ― to be to one's taste, to be to one's liking (literally, “to suit one's taste”)

   прийти́сь по душе́ ― prijtísʹ po dušé ― to be pleasing (literally, “to suit one's spirit”)

   прийти́сь кста́ти ― prijtísʹ kstáti ― to come in handy

   ту́фли пришли́сь по ноге́ (in the past tense) ― túfli prišlísʹ po nogé ― the shoes fit well (literally, “the shoes suited the foot”)

   нам пришёлся по душе́ э́тот автомоби́ль ― nam prišólsja po dušé étot avtomobílʹ ― we liked this car (literally, “this car suited our spirit”)

   э́та вещь пришла́сь кста́ти

   éta veščʹ prišlásʹ kstáti

   this thing came in handy