-ija

See also: ija, íja, and .ija

Latvian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin -ia or Ancient Greek -ία (-ía), -εία (-eía); found only in words borrowed from other languages (compare German, French -ie).

Suffix

-ija

  1. Usually added to foreign words to form nouns of professions, sciences, etc.; also to form names of countries or lands.

Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Latvian_words_suffixed_with_-ija' title='Category:Latvian words suffixed with -ija'>Latvian words suffixed with -ija</a>

Lithuanian

Suffix

-ija

  1. Added to form names of places or administrative units that the person / people of the main word govern(-s).
    Prancūzija - prancūzas.
    France - a French.
    Abatija - abatas.
    An abbey - an abbot.

Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Lithuanian_words_suffixed_with_-ija' title='Category:Lithuanian words suffixed with -ija'>Lithuanian words suffixed with -ija</a>

Serbo-Croatian

Suffix

-ija (Cyrillic spelling -ија)

  1. Suffix appended to words to create a masculine or feminine noun, usually denoting a profession, performer or a feature, usually negative.

See also

Slovene

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /-ija/, /-íːja/

Suffix

-ija or -ȋja f

  1. added to nouns to form the name of a place
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