близлежащий

Russian edit

Etymology edit

First attested in 1766. From близ (bliz) +‎ лежа́щий (ležáščij), calque of German nahegelegen or nächstliegend.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [blʲɪz⁽ʲ⁾lʲɪˈʐaɕːɪj]

Adjective edit

близлежа́щий (blizležáščij)

  1. nearby, close by
  2. contiguous, adjacent, neighboring

Declension edit

References edit

  • Arapova, N. S. (2000) “близлежащий”, in Kalʹki v russkom jazyke poslepetrovskovo perioda. Opyt slovarja [Calques in Post-Petrine Russian. An Essay of a Dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 57