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снег

снег

Belarusian

Noun

снег (snjeh) m inanimate

  1. snow

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Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sněgъ.

Noun

снег (sneg) m

  1. snow

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Russian

Снег

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sʲnʲek]

Noun

снег (sneg) m inan (genitive сне́га, nominative plural снега́, genitive plural снего́в)

  1. snow
    идёт снегidjót sneg ― it is snowing
    мо́крый снегmókryj snegsleet, wet snow
    ски́дывать/ски́нуть снег с кры́шиskídyvatʹ/skínutʹ sneg s krýši ― to throw the snow off the roof
    как снег на го́лову (saying)
    kak sneg na gólovu
    like a bolt from the blue (literally: like snow on the head; meaning unexpectedly, suddenly)
    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; meaning something useless)
    зимо́й сне́га не вы́просить (saying)
    zimój snéga ne výprositʹ
    said about somebody 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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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

сне̑г m (Latin spelling snȇg)

  1. snow

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