English

Verb

snig ‎(third-person singular simple present snigs, present participle snigging, simple past and past participle snigged)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, forestry) To drag a log along the ground by means of a chain fastened at one end.
2. (Britain, dialect) To sneak.
3. To chop off; to cut.

Noun

snig ‎(plural snigs)

1. (Britain, dialect) A small eel.

Anagrams

• gins, ings, nigs, sign, sing, sing.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʲn͈ʲiɣʲ/

Verb

·snig

1. third-person singular present indicative conjunct of snigid

Mutation

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ekavian): snȇg
• (Ijekavian): snijȇg

Etymology

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

Noun

snig m

1. (Chakavian, Ikavian) snow
   • 1536, Petar Zoranić, Planine:

     Kako sunčen plam

     snig tali čas svak,

     a vitar bludan

     odgoni oblak,

     tako ljubezan

     tali moj žitak.

   • 1622, Ivan Gundulić, Suze sina razmetnoga:

     Kami u cvijeću, cvit na snigu,

     Snig na suncu, sunce u noći.

   • 1759, Antun Kanižlić, Sveta Rožalija:

     Ter po strmu brigu i kamenju idem,

     po trnju, po snigu, po jamah k njoj pridem.