lija

lija

See also: Lija, lijá, lijā, and -lija

Latvian

Lijas

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lija/

Noun

lija f (4th declension)

1. harrier (several species of birds of prey from the subfamily Circinae, especially genus Circus)

   niedru lija ― marsh harrier

   lauku lija ― hen (lit. field) harrier

   lauku lija barojas galvenokārt ar jauniem un pieaugušajiem zvirbuļveidīgajiem putniem ― the hen harrier feeds mostly from young or juvenile passerine birds

Declension

Declension of lija (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	lija	lijas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	liju	lijas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	lijas	liju
dative (datīvs)	lijai	lijām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	liju	lijām
locative (lokatīvs)	lijā	lijās
vocative (vokatīvs)	lija	lijas

Verb

lija

1. 3rd person singular past indicative form of līt
2. 3rd person plural past indicative form of līt

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From lìsica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lǐːja/
• Hyphenation: li‧ja
• Rhymes: -ija

Noun

líja f (Cyrillic spelling ли́ја)

1. (hypocoristic) fox

Declension

Declension of lija

	singular	plural
nominative	lija	lije
genitive	lije	lija
dative	liji	lijama
accusative	liju	lije
vocative	lijo	lije
locative	liji	lijama
instrumental	lijom	lijama

References

• “lija” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlixa/ [ˈli.xa]

• Audio (Spain)

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• Rhymes: -ixa
• Syllabification: li‧ja

Etymology 1

From lijo, ultimately from Latin lixa.

Noun

lija f (plural lijas)

1. sandpaper

   Synonym: papel de lija

Derived terms

• lijar

Verb

lija

1. inflection of lijar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “lijo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014