šija

See also: sija, шија, and шия

Karelian

Regional variants of šija
North Karelian
(Viena) 		šija
South Karelian
(Tver) 		šija

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sija. Cognates include Finnish sija and Veps sija.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃijɑ/
  • Hyphenation: ši‧ja

Noun

šija (genitive šijan, partitive šijua)

  1. place
  2. post, position
  3. bed (place to sleep on)
  4. (grammar) case

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of šija (type 4/kala, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative šija šijat
genitive šijan šijojen
partitive šijua šijoja
illative šijah šijoih
inessive šijašša šijoissa
elative šijašta šijoista
adessive šijalla šijoilla
ablative šijalta šijoilta
translative šijakši šijoiksi
essive šijana šijoina
comitative — šijoineh
abessive šijatta šijoitta
Tver Karelian declension of šija (type 4/kala no gradation)
singular plural
nominative šija šijat
genitive šijan šijoin
partitive šijua šijoida
illative šijah šijoih
inessive šijašša šijoissa
elative šijašta šijoista
adessive šijalla šijoilla
ablative šijalda šijoilda
translative šijakši šijoiksi
essive šijana šijoina
comitative šijanke šijoinke
abessive šijatta šijoitta
Possessive forms of šija
1st person šijani
2nd person šijaš
3rd person šijah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

  • A. V. Punzhina (1994) “šija”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
  • P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “šija”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *šija.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃîja/
  • Hyphenation: ši‧ja
  • Rhymes: -ija

Noun

šȉja f (Cyrillic spelling ши̏ја)

  1. nape, scruff (back of the neck)
    Synonym: vrȃt

Declension

Declension of šija
singular plural
nominative šȉja šije
genitive šije šȋjā
dative šiji šijama
accusative šiju šije
vocative šijo šije
locative šiji šijama
instrumental šijom šijama

Further reading

  • “šija”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *šija.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃija]
  • Hyphenation: ši‧ja

Noun

šija f (relational adjective šijový)

  1. nape, scruff (back of the neck)
  2. (geography) isthmus

Declension

Declension of šija
(pattern ulica)
singularplural
nominativešijašije
genitivešiješijí
dativešijišijam
accusativešijušije
locativešijišijach
instrumentalšijoušijami

Further reading

  • “šija”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
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