blizak

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *blizъkъ.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

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 ministarstvu ― sources close to the Ministry

   Bliski smo prijatelji. ― We're close friends.

4. idiomatic and figurative senses that refer to nearness, recentness and closeness

   bliska gledišta ― similar views

   bliska budućnost ― near future

Declension

positive indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		blizak	bliska	blisko
genitive		bliska	bliske	bliska
dative		blisku	bliskoj	blisku
accusative	inanimate animate	blizak bliska	blisku	blisko
vocative		blizak	bliska	blisko
locative		blisku	bliskoj	blisku
instrumental		bliskim	bliskom	bliskim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		bliski	bliske	bliska
genitive		bliskih	bliskih	bliskih
dative		bliskim(a)	bliskim(a)	bliskim(a)
accusative		bliske	bliske	bliska
vocative		bliski	bliske	bliska
locative		bliskim(a)	bliskim(a)	bliskim(a)
instrumental		bliskim(a)	bliskim(a)	bliskim(a)

positive definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		bliski	bliska	blisko
genitive		bliskog(a)	bliske	bliskog(a)
dative		bliskom(u/e)	bliskoj	bliskom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	bliski bliskog(a)	blisku	blisko
vocative		bliski	bliska	blisko
locative		bliskom(e/u)	bliskoj	bliskom(e/u)
instrumental		bliskim	bliskom	bliskim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		bliski	bliske	bliska
genitive		bliskih	bliskih	bliskih
dative		bliskim(a)	bliskim(a)	bliskim(a)
accusative		bliske	bliske	bliska
vocative		bliski	bliske	bliska
locative		bliskim(a)	bliskim(a)	bliskim(a)
instrumental		bliskim(a)	bliskim(a)	bliskim(a)

comparative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		bliži	bliža	bliže
genitive		bližeg(a)	bliže	bližeg(a)
dative		bližem(u)	bližoj	bližem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	bliži bližeg(a)	bližu	bliže
vocative		bliži	bliža	bliže
locative		bližem(u)	bližoj	bližem(u)
instrumental		bližim	bližom	bližim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		bliži	bliže	bliža
genitive		bližih	bližih	bližih
dative		bližim(a)	bližim(a)	bližim(a)
accusative		bliže	bliže	bliža
vocative		bliži	bliže	bliža
locative		bližim(a)	bližim(a)	bližim(a)
instrumental		bližim(a)	bližim(a)	bližim(a)

superlative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najbliži	najbliža	najbliže
genitive		najbližeg(a)	najbliže	najbližeg(a)
dative		najbližem(u)	najbližoj	najbližem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	najbliži najbližeg(a)	najbližu	najbliže
vocative		najbliži	najbliža	najbliže
locative		najbližem(u)	najbližoj	najbližem(u)
instrumental		najbližim	najbližom	najbližim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najbliži	najbliže	najbliža
genitive		najbližih	najbližih	najbližih
dative		najbližim(a)	najbližim(a)	najbližim(a)
accusative		najbliže	najbliže	najbliža
vocative		najbliži	najbliže	najbliža
locative		najbližim(a)	najbližim(a)	najbližim(a)
instrumental		najbližim(a)	najbližim(a)	najbližim(a)

Related terms

• blizu

Further reading

• “blizak” in Hrvatski jezični portal