Latvian

Proper noun

Lija f

1. A female given name.

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, ISBN 5-7966-0278-0
• Population Register of Latvia: Lija was the only given name of 810 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

Latvian

Lijas

Noun

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

Declension

Verb

lija

1. 3rd person singular past indicative form of līt
2. 3rd person plural past indicative form of līt

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From lìsica.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

líja f ‎(Cyrillic spelling ли́ја)

1. (hypocoristic) fox

Declension

References

• “lija” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Spanish

Etymology

From lijo, ultimately from Latin lixa.

Noun

lija f ‎(plural lijas)

1. sandpaper

Synonyms

• papel de lija

Verb

lija

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of lijar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of lijar.