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/ File:Sneige.ogv

Noun

snéige m (1st declension)

1. 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