lija

lija

1. first-person singular imperfect of lë

• IPA^(key): /lija/

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

lija

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

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Central Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ja/

lija f

1. (Central Greater Poland) alternative form of leja (“torrential downpour”)

• 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

From lìsica.

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

líja f (Cyrillic spelling ли́ја)

1. (hypocoristic) fox

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈlixa/ [ˈli.xa]

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• Rhymes: -ixa
• Syllabification: li‧ja

From lijo, ultimately from Latin lixa.

lija f (plural lijas)

1. sandpaper

   Synonym: papel de lija

2. dogfish

lija

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

• “lijo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024