συμβαίνει
Greek
editEtymology
editLearnedly, from Ancient Greek συμβαίνω (sumbaínō), at the third person of present tense, συμβαίνει (sumbaínei).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editσυμβαίνει • (symvaínei) (imperfect συνέβαινε, past συνέβηκε/συνέβη) in the 3rd persons
- to happen, to occur, to take place
- Συνέβη στην Αθήνα.
- Synévi stin Athína.
- It happened in Athens.
Conjugation
editThis verb needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
edit- ξανασυμβαίνει (xanasymvaínei, “to happen again, to reoccur, to recur”)
See also
edit- τυχαίνω (tychaíno, “to happen, to happen on, to chance”) 3rd person: τυχαίνει (tychaínei, “it happens”)
Further reading
edit- “συμβαίνει”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998