pripasti

1. (+ dat.) to go to; to fall to
   Kuća je posle smrti oca pripala sinu. — After the father's death the house went to the son.
   Prva nagrada pripala je jednoj studentkinji iz Niša. — First prize went to a student from Niš.
2. (of an honour, task) to fall to
   Meni je pripala čast da otvorim skup. — The honour of opening the meeting fell to me.
3. (pripala mi je muka) to suddenly feel sick
   U autobusu mi je pripala muka. — I suddenly felt sick on the bus.
4. formal (uz zemlju) to drop down; to press oneself
   Vojnici su pripali uz zemlju kad je počela pucnjava. — The soldiers dropped to the ground when the shooting started.

The person who gets something is in the dative: pripalo je njemu. The sense "to drop to the ground" is literary; in everyday speech people say leći na zemlju.