sniegs

== Latvian == === 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] === Noun === sniegs m (1st declension) 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 ==== ==== Derived terms ==== sniega arkls sniegavīrs, sniega vīrs sniegbalts sniegputenis ==== Related terms ==== snigt