nigh
nigh
englantiyhteys|vanhahtava|ylätyyli|k=en lähellä
Esimerkkejä:
The preachers warn that the end of the world is 'nigh'.
Liittyvät sanat: nigh on
Synonyymisanakirja
nigh
lähi-, tiivis, läheinen, lähellä, viereinen, lämmin, lähellä oleva, välimatka.
Englannin sanakirja
nigh (englanti > suomi)
nigh englanniksi
puhekieltä near, close by
The end is nigh!
(ante) w:Ludovico Ariosto|Ludovico Ariosto, w:William Stewart Rose|William Stewart Rose (translator), w:Orlando Furioso|Orlando Furioso, 2006, Echo Library, http://books.google.com/books?id=S6apMyvDPcwC&pg=PA185&dq=%22more most+nigh%22&hl=en&ei=NPZyTo6_MMjcmAWyxozzDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAzgKv=onepage&q=%22more|most%20nigh%22&f=false page 185,
1831, w:John Knox|John Knox, The History of the Reformation of Religion in Scotland, http://books.google.com/books?id=z_8QAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA421&dq=%22more most+nigh%22&hl=en&ei=wfxyTpk6h_OYBfiFkc8M&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAwv=onepage&q=%22more|most%20nigh%22&f=false page 421,
1834, w:Davy Crockett|Davy Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, http://books.google.com/books?id=NjYDAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA197&dq=%22nigher nighest%22&hl=en&ei=7PhyToaeFc_0mAXnpszZDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CEoQ6AEwBAv=onepage&q=%22nigher|nighest%22&f=false page 197,
1889, w:House of Commons of Canada|House of Commons of Canada, Debates: Official Report, Volume 2, http://books.google.com/books?id=hYhYAAAAYAAJ&q=%22nigher nighest%22&dq=%22nigher|nighest%22&hl=en&ei=YftyTuqlLJHjmAWF1LzcDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAzgo page 1408,
Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate.
Knolles
Bible, Eph. ii. 13
night is nighing, death is nighing
nighing his hour
a death-nighing moan
(ux)
(quote-book)|chapter=12
When the Moon is horned ... is it not ever nigh the Sun?
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