sniegas
Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *snáigas,[1][2] from Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos. Compare Old Church Slavonic снѣгъ (sněgŭ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sʲnʲiə̯ɡɐs]
Noun
sniẽgas m (plural sniegai̇̃) stress pattern 4
Declension
| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | sniẽgas | sniegai̇̃ |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | sniẽgo | sniegų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | sniẽgui | sniegáms |
| accusative (galininkas) | sniẽgą | sniegùs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | sniegù | sniegai̇̃s |
| locative (vietininkas) | sniegè | snieguosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | sniẽge | sniegai̇̃ |
Related terms
References
- ^ Kim, Ronald (2018) “The Phonology of Balto-Slavic”, in Jared S. Klein, Brian Joseph, and Matthias Fritz, editors, Handbook of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook[1], Berlin: de Gruyter, →ISBN
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “sniegas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 416