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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 пожа́ра не по́льзуйтесь ли́фтом. In case of fire, do not use the lift.
В э́том году бы́ло ме́ньше несча́стных слу́чаев, чем в про́шлом. There were fewer accidents this year than last.
Она ни в ко́ем слу́чае не эгои́стка. She is by no means selfish.
Он осле́п из-за несча́стного слу́чая. He went blind from the accident.
В том слу́чае, если я не смогу́ прийти́, я заранее тебе позвоню́. In case I can’t come, I’ll give you a call beforehand.
В слу́чае пожа́ра нажми́те э́ту кно́пку. In case of fire, press this button.
Астроно́мия — ни в ко́ем слу́чае не но́вая нау́ка. Astronomy is by no means a new science.
В тако́м слу́чае я поменя́ю свою́ то́чку зре́ния. In that case, I'll change my mind.
В большинстве́ слу́чаев мы бы́ли вы́нуждены уступи́ть их тре́бованиям. In most cases we had to give in to their demands.
В лу́чшем слу́чае он мо́жет заня́ть тре́тье ме́сто. At best he may take third place.

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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