C2adjective · rare

nigh

nigh · nigher · nighest

близький, ближній

близкий, ближний

nah, schwül, drückend

Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etcNot remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate.

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/naɪ/

» The end is nigh.

Das Ende ist nahe.

Конец близок.

Кінець уже близько.

Кінець уже близький.

Кінець уже скоро.

Кінець наближається.

Кінець вже близько.

Meaning

2 senses

Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate.
not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
(archaic, poetic)Near, close by.
The end is nigh!
Daybreak is drawing nigh.
nahe, nah bei
бли́жнийblížnij, бли́зкийblízkij

Examples

15 sentences

The end is nigh.
Кінець уже близько.
ruКонец близок.
deDas Ende ist nahe.
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I knew the end was nigh.
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It's nigh-on impossible to work out what will happen.
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The end was nigh.
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Our bodies, indeed, are nigh each other, but our souls are sundered.
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

near, close by:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

near, close by:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English neygh, from Old English nēah, from Proto-West Germanic *nāhw

Inherited from Middle English neygh, from Old English nēah, from Proto-West Germanic *nāhw, from Proto-Germanic *nēhw, from *nēhwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”).

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