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Top 500adjective

бли́зкий

[ˈblʲiskʲɪj]close, near

Frequency rank #480 About 1 in every 4,900 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
близкий #480

Meaning

  1. close, near
  2. dear, intimate
  3. directly concerning

Examples

Он мой бли́зкий друг.

He's a close friend of mine.

Forms by frequency

  • бли́зкоneuter, short form#1,186
  • близки́plural, short form#3,082
  • бли́зокmasculine, short form#5,840
  • бли́зкихgenitive, plural#7,725
  • бли́зкиеnominative, plural#10,162
  • бли́зкийnominative, masculine#11,112
  • близка́feminine, short form#11,627
  • бли́зкогоgenitive#13,811
  • бли́зкимdative, plural#17,200
  • бли́зкимиinstrumental, plural#19,281
  • бли́зкаяnominative, feminine#39,925
  • бли́зкоеnominative, neuter#40,143
  • бли́зкойgenitive, feminine#43,620
  • бли́зкомуdative

and 3 more forms

Cases

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeбли́зкие
Genitiveбли́зких
Dativeбли́зким
Accusativeбли́зких
Instrumentalбли́зкими
Prepositionalбли́зких

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