šyja
Appearance
Lower Sorbian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- schyja (obsolete)
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Slavic *šija. Cognate with Upper Sorbian šija, Polish szyja, Czech šíje, Russian шея (šeja), and Serbo-Croatian šija.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]šyja f (diminutive šyjka)
- neck (part of body connecting the head and the trunk)
Declension
[edit]declension of šyja
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “šyja”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “šyja”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag