близост

Bulgarian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Bulgarian близо (blizo)

Proto-Indo-European *-Hostis

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-astis

Proto-Slavic *-ostь

Old Church Slavonic -ость (-ostĭ)

Bulgarian -ост (-ost)

Bulgarian близост

From близо (blizo) + -ост (-ost).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈblizost]

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• Rhymes: -izost
• Syllabification^(key): бли‧зост

Noun

бли́зост • (blízost) f (singular only)

1. (of time, place, relationship, etc.) closeness; nearness; proximity

   Antonym: отдалече́ност (otdalečénost)

Declension

Declension of бли́зост

	singular
indefinite	бли́зост blízost
definite	близостта́ blizosttá

References

• “близост”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “близост”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• “близост”, in ЛексИт [LexIt] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈblizɔst]

Noun

близост • (blizost) f

1. closeness

Declension

Declension of близост

	singular
indefinite	близост (blizost)
definite unspecified	близоста (blizosta)
definite proximal	—
definite distal	—
vocative	близост (blizost)