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Mark the stress in russian words with a ' character behind the vowel, e.g. ру'чки, this will be converted to ру́чки. Leave out the stress when it is unambiguous, which is when the word contains ё or only one vowel (the vowels are а, я, э, е, ы, и, о, ё, у and ю).

слу́чай

noun, male, inanimate
very often used word (#146)

Noun basics

Noun gender partner (e.g. кошка for кот):

Is it living?: (unknown) inanimate animate

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case

Also: occasion, chance, opportunity, event, incident, occurrence

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В слу́чае землетрясе́ния вы́ключите газ. In case of an earthquake, turn off the gas.
Он потеря́л зре́ние в результа́те несча́стного слу́чая. He lost his eyesight in the accident.
После несча́стного слу́чая он рад оста́ться в живы́х. After his accident, he is happy to be alive.
В лу́чшем слу́чае он мо́жет заня́ть тре́тье ме́сто. At best he may take third place.
В тако́м слу́чае, пошли́. In that case, let's go.
В любо́м слу́чае он рома́нтик. He, if anything, is the romantic type.
В слу́чае пожа́ра воспо́льзуйтесь пожа́рной ле́стницей. In case of a fire, use this emergency stairway.
В любо́м слу́чае вы не правы в свое́й дога́дке. In any case, you are wrong in your conjecture.
В любо́м слу́чае, мы до́лжны зако́нчить э́ту главу́, прежде чем мы начнем сле́дующую. At any rate, we have to finish this chapter before we can start on the next.
Он осле́п из-за несча́стного слу́чая. He went blind from the accident.

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Declension

Normal Singular only Plural only Indeclinable

	singular	plural
nom. nominative	слу́чай	слу́чаи
gen. genitive	слу́чая	слу́чаев
dat. dative	слу́чаю	слу́чаям
acc. accusative	слу́чай	слу́чаи
inst. instrumental	слу́чаем	слу́чаями
prep. prepositional	слу́чае	слу́чаях