sniegs

Latvian

Sniegs

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *snáigas (> Latvian *snaigs, which, under the influence of forms of the verb snigt (“to snow”), became sniegs; compare Lithuanian snai̇̃gė (“snowflake”), still with the original ai), from Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [snìɛks]

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Noun

sniegs m (1st declension)

1. snow (frozen water that falls as precipitation)

   sniegs snieg ― it is snowing (lit. the snow snows)

   sniega pārslas, kristāli ― snowflakes, snow crystals

   sniega ūdens, sniegūdens ― snow water

   sniega vīrs, sniegavīrs ― snowman

   sniega vētra ― snow storm

   smalks, dziļš, irdens sniegs ― fine, deep, snow

   slapjš, sauss, irdens sniegs ― wet, dry, powedery snow

   sniega kupena ― snow drift

   sniegs sāk kust ― the snow begins to melt

   sniega lāpsta ― snow shovel

   tīrīt sniegu no ceļa ― to clean, remove the snow from the road

   balts kā sniegs ― white as snow

Declension

Declension of sniegs (1st)

	singular	plural
nominative	sniegs	sniegi
genitive	sniega	sniegu
dative	sniegam	sniegiem
accusative	sniegu	sniegus
instrumental	sniegu	sniegiem
locative	sniegā	sniegos
vocative	snieg	sniegi

Derived terms

• sniega arkls
• sniegavīrs, sniega vīrs
• sniegbalts
• sniegputenis

Related terms

• snigt