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/

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• Hyphenation: ši‧ja
• Rhymes: -ija

Noun

šȉja f (Cyrillic spelling ши̏ја)

1. nape, scruff (back of the neck)

   Synonym: vrȃt

Declension

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

Declension of šija

Further reading

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

Slovak

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šija

Wikipedia ^sk

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

	singular	plural
nominative	šija	šije
genitive	šije	šijí
dative	šiji	šijam
accusative	šiju	šije
locative	šiji	šijach
instrumental	šijou	šijami

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, 2003–2025