ближние

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Russian

Pronunciation

Noun

бли́жние (blížnijem anim pl

  1. nominative plural of бли́жний (blížnij)
    • 1876, Russian Synodal Bible, Mark 3:21:
      И, услышав, ближние Его пошли взять Его, ибо говорили, что Он вышел из себя.
      I, uslyšav, bližnije Jevo pošli vzjatʹ Jevo, ibo govorili, što On vyšel iz sebja.
      When his relatives heard of this they set out to seize him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.”