nigh
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishnighnigh /naɪ/ adverb 1 → nigh on2 literarySOON near or soon Winter draws nigh (=will start soon). → well-nighExamples from the Corpusnigh• The end of the world is nigh!• Gone are the days of spending frantically because the end of the financial year was nigh.• Today the man carrying the placard warning that the end is nigh may well be wearing a white laboratory coat.Origin nigh Old English neah