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Russian
Etymology
From obsolete окре́ст (okrést, “in the neighborhood”) + -ный (-nyj).
Pronunciation
Adjective
окре́стный • (okréstnyj)
- surrounding, local, neighboring
- Synonyms: бли́зкий (blízkij), бли́жний (blížnij), недалёкий (nedaljókij), близлежа́щий (blizležáščij)
1883, Всеволод Гаршин, chapter I, in Красный цветок; English translation from A Red Flower, Philadelphia: Brown Brothers, 1911:Больница была устроена на восемьдесят человек, но так как она одна служила на несколько окрестных губерний, то в ней помещалось до трёхсот.- Bolʹnica byla ustrojena na vosemʹdesjat čelovek, no tak kak ona odna služila na neskolʹko okrestnyx gubernij, to v nej pomeščalosʹ do trjóxsot.
- The hospital was originally constructed for eighty souls, but as it served for several of the neighboring districts it really harbored about three hundred.
Declension
Declension of окре́стный (unknown short forms)
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