incidental russian

• попу́тный

  following (wind), favourable, tail-

  going the same way, heading in the same direction, lying on the way

  passing, incidental, made in passing

• второстепе́нный

  secondary, minor, subordinate

  unimportant, incidental, of no great importance

• наверну́вшийся

  fallen, tripped, having taken a tumble

  welled up, risen (of tears)

  that has turned up, that has come along, incidental

• кста́ти

  by the way, incidentally, as a matter of fact

  handy, welcome, useful, convenient

• попу́тно

  in passing, incidentally, at the same time

  along the way, on the way

Examples

• Жабры рыб вы́глядят ярко кра́сными из-за большо́го скопле́ния капилля́ров, подо́бного тому, что есть в лёгких.

  Incidentally, that the gills of fish are bright red is because there are many 'capillary vessels' collected there, the same as for lungs.

• Кстати говоря, любопытно, из чего сделан э́тот знак. Лицевая сторона́ табли́чки я́вно довольно масси́вная, а насажена она на какую-то неро́вную доску́.

  Incidentally, I’m curious to know what that sign’s made out of. The “sign” part of the side is clearly quite thick, and the wood it’s attached to appears to be some manner of uneven plank.

• Это были лишь привходящие обстоятельства дела.

  These were merely incidental circumstances of the case.

• Мы не учли некоторые привходящие факторы.

  We failed to take certain incidental factors into account.

• Привходящие детали не меняют общего вывода.

  Incidental details do not change the overall conclusion.