συμβαίνει

Greek

Etymology

Learnedly, from Ancient Greek συμβαίνω (sumbaínō), at the third person of present tense, συμβαίνει (sumbaínei).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siɱˈve.ni/
• Hyphenation: συμ‧βαί‧νει

Verb

συμβαίνει • (symvaínei) (imperfect συνέβαινε, past συνέβηκε/συνέβη) in the 3rd persons

1. to happen, to occur, to take place

   Συνέβη στην Αθήνα.

   Synévi stin Athína.

   It happened in Athens.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• ξανασυμβαίνει (xanasymvaínei, “to happen again, to reoccur, to recur”)

 

See also

• τυχαίνω (tychaíno, “to happen, to happen on, to chance”) 3rd person: τυχαίνει (tychaínei, “it happens”)

Further reading

• συμβαίνει, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language