Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *blizъkъ.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /blîzak/
  • Hyphenation: bli‧zak

Adjective

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blȉzak (Cyrillic spelling бли̏зак, definite blȉskī, comparative bliži)

  1. near, close to
  2. imminent, at hand, on the way (likely to happen soon)
  3. close, intimate (of people; on very affectionate or intimate terms)
    izvori bliski ministarstvusources close to the Ministry
    Bliski smo prijatelji.We're close friends.
  4. idiomatic and figurative senses that refer to nearness, recentness and closeness
    bliska gledištasimilar views
    bliska budućnostnear future

Declension

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Further reading

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  • blizak” in Hrvatski jezični portal