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"Snow" in Russian

Russian word of the day | Sep 10, 2019 (see all)
снег
[ snyek ]
Noun , masculine
snow

Examples of "Snow" in Russian

  • Пе́рвый снег здесь выпада́ет в октябре́.

    pyér-vyî snyek zdyes' vy-pa-dá-eet v ak-teeb-ryé

    The first snow falls here in October.

  • За ночь все у́лицы занесло́ сне́гом.

    zá noch' fsye ú-lee-tsy za-nees-ló snyé-gam

    During the night, all the streets got covered with snow.

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Declension of the word снег

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Nom. снег снега́
Genitive Gen. сне́га снего́в
Dative Dat. сне́гу снега́м
Accusative Acc. снег снега́
Instrumental Inst. сне́гом снега́ми
Prepositional Prep. сне́ге снега́х

Same stem words

снегопа́д [snee-ga-pát] Noun , masculine
snowfall
снегови́к [snee-ga-véek] Noun , masculine
snowman

Additional examples

  • Всё вокру́г бы́ло покры́то серебри́стым сне́гом.

    fsyo vak-rúk bý-la pak-rý-ta see-reeb-rées-tym snyé-gam

    Everything around was covered with silvery snow.

  • Но́чью вы́пало мно́го сне́га, так что весь день де́ти игра́ли в снежки́.

    nóch'-yu vý-pa-la mnó-ga snyé-ga, tak chto ves' dyen' dyé-tee eeg-rá-lee f sneesh-kée

    There was a big snowfall last night, so the kids were having snowball fights all day long.

  • Они́ чи́стили тротуа́р от сне́га лопа́той.

    a-née chées-tee-lee tra-tu-ár at snyé-ga la-pá-taî

    They were removing snow from the sidewalk with a shovel.

  • Начала́сь така́я мете́ль, что весь го́род почти́ момента́льно оказа́лся засы́пан бе́лым пуши́стым сне́гом.

    na-chá-lás' ta-ká-ya mee-tyél', chto vyes' gó-rat pach-tée ma-meen-tál'-na a-ka-zál-sya za-sý-pan byé-lym pu-shées-tym snyé-gam

    Such a blizzard began that the whole city was almost immediately covered with white fluffy snow.

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