śnieżnik

See also: Śnieżnik

Polish

śnieżnik sense 1
śnieżnik sense 2
śnieżnik sense 1
śnieżnik sense 2

Etymology

From śnieg +‎ -nik.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɕɲɛʐ.ɲik/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛʐɲik
  • Syllabification: śnież‧nik
  • Homophone: Śnieżnik

Noun

śnieżnik m inan

  1. firn field (place full of firn, a type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles and thus is made of numerous small icy grains, though it is not nearly as saturated with water as snowcone slush is)
  2. glory-of-the-snow (Scilla sect. Chionodoxa)

Declension

Noun

śnieżnik m animal

  1. snow partridge (Lerwa lerwa)
  2. snow vole (any rodent of the genus Chionomys)

Declension

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