šija
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Karelian
| North Karelian (Viena) |
šija |
|---|---|
| South Karelian (Tver) |
šija |
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *sija. Cognates include Finnish sija and Veps sija.
Pronunciation
Noun
šija (genitive šijan, partitive šijua)
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
Noun
šȉja f (Cyrillic spelling ши̏ја)
Declension
Declension of šija
Further reading
- “šija”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *šija.
Pronunciation
Noun
šija f (related adjective šijový)
Declension
Declension of šija (pattern ulica)
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, 2003–2024