šyja
Lower Sorbian
editAlternative forms
edit- schyja (obsolete)
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Slavic *šija. Cognate with Upper Sorbian šija, Polish szyja, Czech šíje, Russian шея (šeja), and Serbo-Croatian šija.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editšyja f (diminutive šyjka)
- neck (part of body connecting the head and the trunk)
Declension
editdeclension of šyja
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “šyja”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “šyja”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag