Contionary:sneige
Pomorian
Alternative forms
snėg - in Central dialects
snēge - in Eastern dialects
Etymology
From Old Pomorian snēiges, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *snaigas, compare to Old Prussian snāigs, Lithuanian sniegas, Latvian sniegs, Proto-Slavic **sně̑gъ. From Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos, compare with Sanskrit स्नेह (snéha), English snow. The diphthong ēi is the result of an old acute intonation having lengthened the vowel. Similar change happened in Old Prussian and some Slavic languages.
Pronunciation
/ˈsnéi.gɛ/
Noun
snéige m (1st declension)
- snow
- jene sneige - it is snowing (snow goes)
- 'sneige sę tapėje - snow' is melting
- 'sneigevėtra, sneigo vėtra - snow' storm
- daugė bėle sneige - very white snow
- 'sneigebėle - white as snow' (snow-white)
Declension
| Declension of e (1st declension-m C1) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| Nominative | snéige | snéiga | sneigė̃ |
| Genitive | snéigo | sneigù | sneigų̃ |
| Dative | snéigau | sneigãma | sneigãm(e) |
| Accusative | snéigå | sneigã | sneigù |
| Instrumental | sneigùm(i) | sneigãma | sneigėmỹ |
| Locative | sneigė́ | sneigù | sneigė́hu |
| Vocative | snéige | snéiga | snéigė |
Derived terms
- snėguva - snowland, land covered in (thick) snow
- sneigevėke - snowman