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 snaĩgė (“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 declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	sniegs	sniegi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	sniegu	sniegus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	sniega	sniegu
dative (datīvs)	sniegam	sniegiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	sniegu	sniegiem
locative (lokatīvs)	sniegā	sniegos
vocative (vokatīvs)	snieg	sniegi

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• snigt