nigh

Etymology
From, , , , from , , from , from.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. See also near.

Adjective

 * 1)  Near, close by, almost, all but.
 * , Ludovico Ariosto, William Stewart Rose (translator), Orlando Furioso, 2006, Echo Library, |most+nigh%22&hl=en&ei=NPZyTo6_MMjcmAWyxozzDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q=%22more|most%20nigh%22&f=false page 185,
 * He at his head took aim who stood most nigh;
 * 1) Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate.
 * He at his head took aim who stood most nigh;
 * 1) Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate.
 * 1) Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate.
 * 1) Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate.
 * 1) Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate.
 * 1) Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate.
 * 1) Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate.

Usage notes

 * was originally the comparative form of ; the superlative form was . is used today mostly in archaic, poetic, or regional contexts.

Synonyms

 * , ; see also Thesaurus:near

Translations

 * Arabic: قَرِيب
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German:, nah bei
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:
 * Lithuanian:, šalia
 * Occitan:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: бли́зу, u blizini
 * Roman:, u blizini
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:

Verb

 * 1)  to draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near

Translations

 * Bulgarian: доближавам се, приближавам се
 * Czech:, přibližovat se,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Hungarian:, , , eljő
 * Persian: نزدیک شدن
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:

Adverb

 * 1) Almost, nearly.

Usage notes

 * Nigh is sometimes used as a combining form.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech: ,
 * Finnish:, ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἄγχι
 * Irish: in aice, i gcóngar, i bhfogas
 * Old English: fornēah
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, närpå
 * Turkish:

Preposition

 * 1) near; close to
 * 2) * 1661-5, Thomas Salusbury (translator),, Dialogue concerning the Two Chief World Systems, 1632
 * When the Moon is horned is it not ever nigh the Sun?

Translations

 * Arabic: بُالْقُرب مِن
 * Egyptian Arabic: قريب من
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:, ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * Persian:
 * Russian:, , ,

Etymology
From

Etymology 1
From. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬).

Verb

 * 1) wash, cleanse, purify
 * 2) bathe

Noun

 * 1) daughter
 * 2) niece