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встречается

встречаться

3rd person singular present indicative, imperfective aspect

1. meet (each other)
2. encounter
3. occur, be found
4. date (romantically)

Built from

• встреч — stem · meet, encounter
  The stem of встречать; the root concept of meeting or coming together.
• -а — ending · 1st conj., impf.
  Marks 1st conjugation imperfective verbs; combines with -ся.
• -ется — ending · 3sg pres. refl.
  3rd person singular present reflexive marker; -ет- is the present stem marker, -ся is reflexive, indicating the action is performed by or on the subject itself.

Analysis. встреч- (встречаться) + -ся reflexive. встреч- is from встречать (to meet) with the prefix встре- (from встреть, old form of встретить).

Etymology. встреча + -ться. The root is related to the idea of coming together or encountering. The prefix встре- originally had spatial meaning (toward/against) and combined with the root to mean 'to come against, to encounter'. Cognate with German entgegen (against, toward).

Dictionary entry by Claude.

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