lija
Albanian
Verb
lijaCategory:Albanian non-lemma forms#LIJACategory:Albanian verb forms#LIJACategory:Albanian entries with incorrect language header#LIJACategory:Pages with entries#LIJACategory:Pages with 5 entries#LIJA
Latvian

Pronunciation
Noun
lija f (4th declension)Category:Latvian lemmas#LIJACategory:Latvian nouns#LIJACategory:Latvian entries with incorrect language header#LIJACategory:Latvian feminine nouns#LIJACategory:Pages with entries#LIJACategory:Pages with 5 entries#LIJA
- harrier (several species of birds of prey from the subfamily Circinae, especially genus Circus)
- niedru lija ― marsh harrierCategory:Latvian terms with usage examples#LIJA
- lauku lija ― hen (lit. field) harrierCategory:Latvian terms with usage examples#LIJA
- lauku lija barojas galvenokārt ar jauniem un pieaugušajiem zvirbuļveidīgajiem putniem ― the hen harrier feeds mostly from young or juvenile passerine birdsCategory:Latvian terms with usage examples#LIJA
Declension
Verb
lijaCategory:Latvian non-lemma forms#LIJACategory:Latvian verb forms#LIJACategory:Latvian entries with incorrect language header#LIJACategory:Pages with entries#LIJACategory:Pages with 5 entries#LIJA
Category:lv:Birds of prey#LIJAPolish
Pronunciation
Noun
lija fCategory:Polish lemmas#LIJACategory:Polish nouns#LIJACategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#LIJACategory:Polish feminine nouns#LIJACategory:Pages with entries#LIJACategory:Pages with 5 entries#LIJA
- (Central Greater PolandCategory:Central Greater Poland Polish#LIJA) alternative form of leja (“torrential downpour”)
Further reading
- 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
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From lìsica.
Pronunciation
Noun
líja f (Cyrillic spelling ли́ја)Category:Serbo-Croatian lemmas#LIJACategory:Serbo-Croatian nouns#LIJACategory:Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header#LIJACategory:Serbo-Croatian feminine nouns#LIJACategory:Pages with entries#LIJACategory:Pages with 5 entries#LIJA
- (hypocoristic) fox
Declension
References
- “lija”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlixa/ [ˈli.xa]Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#LIJACategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#LIJA
Category:Spanish terms with audio pronunciation#LIJAAudio (Spain): (file) - Rhymes: -ixaCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/ixa#LIJACategory:Rhymes:Spanish/ixa/2 syllables#LIJA
- Syllabification: li‧ja
Etymology 1
From lijo, ultimately from LatinCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#LIJA lixa.
Noun
lija f (plural lijas)Category:Spanish lemmas#LIJACategory:Spanish nouns#LIJACategory:Spanish countable nouns#LIJACategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#LIJACategory:Spanish feminine nouns#LIJACategory:Pages with entries#LIJACategory:Pages with 5 entries#LIJA
- sandpaper
- Synonym: papel de lija
- dogfish
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
lijaCategory:Spanish non-lemma forms#LIJACategory:Spanish verb forms#LIJACategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#LIJACategory:Pages with entries#LIJACategory:Pages with 5 entries#LIJA
- inflection of lijar:
Further reading
- “lijo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025