снег

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Belarusian

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Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sněgъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *snáigas, from Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos.

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Noun

снег (snjehm inan (genitive сне́гу, nominative plural снягі́, genitive plural сняго́ў)

  1. snow

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References

  • снег” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Macedonian

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sněgъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *snáigas, from Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos.

Pronunciation

Noun

снег (snegm (plural снегови, relational adjective снежен, diminutive снеже or снекче or снежец)

  1. snow

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Russian

Снег

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sněgъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *snáigas, from Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos.

Pronunciation

Noun

снег (snegm inan (genitive сне́га, nominative plural снега́, genitive plural снего́в, relational adjective сне́жный or снегово́й, diminutive снежо́к)

  1. snow
    идёт снегidjót snegit is snowing
    мо́крый снегmókryj snegsleet, wet snow
    пе́рвый снегpérvyj snegthe first snow
    ски́дывать/ски́нуть снег с кры́шиskídyvatʹ/skínutʹ sneg s krýšito throw the snow off the roof
    как снег на го́лову (saying)
    kak sneg na gólovu
    like a bolt from the blue (unexpectedly, suddenly)
    (literally, “like snow on the head”)
    что́-либо ну́жно, как прошлого́дний снег
    štó-libo núžno, kak prošlogódnij sneg
    something is not needed in the least
    (literally, “something is needed like last year's snow”)
    зимо́й сне́га не вы́просить (saying)
    zimój snéga ne výprositʹ
    (said about someone mean, stingy)
    (literally, “cannot be asked for snow in winter”)
    Дава́й поваля́емся в снегу́!Daváj povaljájemsja v snegú!Let's roll in the snow!
  2. (figuratively) snow, the white electrical noise on a TV set when there is no TV signal
  3. (slang) cocaine

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “снег”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “снег”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 182

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sněgъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *snáigas, from Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /snêːɡ/
  • Hyphenation: снег

Noun

сне̑г m (Latin spelling snȇg)

  1. snow
    Отац скида снег са крова.Father removes snow from the roof.
  2. television static
  3. trigonometric function (sine function)

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References

  • снег” in Hrvatski jezični portal