Noun: sniegs
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine
Declension:
Singular
| Nominative | sniegs |
| Accusative | sniegu |
| Genitive | sniega |
| Dative | sniegam |
| Instrumental | sniegu |
| Locative | sniegā |
| Vocative | snieg |
Plural
| Nominative | sniegi |
| Accusative | sniegus |
| Genitive | sniegu |
| Dative | sniegiem |
| Instrumental | sniegiem |
| Locative | sniegos |
| Vocative | sniegi |
Sample Sentences
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sniegs snieg (it is snowing (lit. the snow snows))
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sniega pārslas, kristāli (snowflakes, snow crystals)
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sniega ūdens, sniegūdens (snow water)
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sniega vīrs, sniegavīrs (snowman)
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sniega vētra (snow storm)
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smalks, dziļš, irdens sniegs (fine, deep, snow)
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slapjš, sauss, irdens sniegs (wet, dry, powedery snow)
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sniega kupena (snow drift)
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sniegs sāk kust (the snow begins to melt)
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sniega lāpsta (snow shovel)
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tīrīt sniegu no ceļa (to clean, remove the snow from the road)
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balts kā sniegs (white as snow)
Nouns inflected like sniegs
gredzens,
greznums,
sniegs,
salāts,
sakars,
diftongs,
smaids,
sonets,
sivēns,
dienests,
piecnieks,
skudrs,
skvērs,
skaits,
pacients,
vilciens,
realizējums,
skatiens,
izskats,
spoguļattēls, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
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.
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