šija

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See also: sija, шија, and шия

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

References

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

Slovak

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *šija.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ši‧ja

Noun

šija f

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

Declension

References

  • 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, 2024