near thing

Something just barely effected, as in That election was a near thing-he won by a handful of votes. [Mid-1700s]

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Marielle	-	French
Miloslav	-	Czech, Slovak, Medieval Slavic
Tzefanyah	-	Biblical Hebrew
Rod	RAHD	English
Lisanne	lee-SAHN-nə	Dutch
Albertus	ahl-BER-tus (Dutch)	Ancient Germanic (Latinized), Dutch