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lija

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See also: Lija, lijá, lijā, and -lija

Latvian

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Lijas

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lija f (4th declension)

  1. harrier (several species of birds of prey from the subfamily Circinae, especially genus Circus)
    niedru lijamarsh harrier
    lauku lijahen (lit. field) harrier
    lauku lija barojas galvenokārt ar jauniem un pieaugušajiem zvirbuļveidīgajiem putniemthe hen harrier feeds mostly from young or juvenile passerine birds

Declension

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Verb

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lija

  1. third-person singular/plural past indicative of līt

Polish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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lija f

  1. (Central Greater Poland) Alternative form of leja (torrential downpour)

Further reading

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  • Oskar Kolberg (1877) “lija”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 20

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From lìsica.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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líja f (Cyrillic spelling ли́ја)

  1. (hypocoristic) fox

Declension

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References

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  • lija”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlixa/ [ˈli.xa]
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ixa
  • Syllabification: li‧ja

Etymology 1

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From lijo, ultimately from Latin lixa.

Noun

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lija f (plural lijas)

  1. sandpaper
    Synonym: papel de lija
  2. dogfish
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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lija

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

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