sniegs

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.

• IPA^(key): [snìɛks]

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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

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

• snigt