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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *sněžьnъ.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈsʲnʲeʐnɨj]
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Adjective

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сне́жный (snéžnyj)

  1. (relational) snow; snowy
    • 1901, Леонид Андреев [Leonid Andreyev], chapter III, in Ложь; English translation from William Henry Lowe, transl., The Lie, London: Francis Griffith, 1910:
      Мы бы́ли далеко́ от го́рода, и в тё́мные о́кна гляде́ло сне́жное по́ле.
      My býli dalekó ot góroda, i v tjómnyje ókna gljadélo snéžnoje póle.
      We were far from the town, and the snowclad plain looked in at the dark windows.

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