близлежащий

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Russian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

близлежа́щий (blizležáščij)

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

Declension

References

  • 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