שלג

Hebrew

שלג בירושלים

Etymology

Root
שׁ־ל־ג

From Proto-Semitic *θalg-, see it for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

שֶׁלֶג (shéleg) m (plural indefinite שְׁלָגִים, singular construct שֶׁלֶג־, plural construct שִׁלְגֵי־, Biblical Hebrew pausal form שָׁלֶג) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. Snow: the frozen, crystalline state of water that falls as precipitation.

Declension

Derived terms

  • גַּלְשַׁן שֶׁלֶג (galshán shéleg, snowboard)
  • כַּדּוּר שֶׁלֶג (kadúr shéleg, snowball)
  • כְּשֶׁלֶג בַּקַּיִץ (k'shéleg bakáyits, like snow in summer)
  • שֶׁלֶג דְּאְשְׁתָּקַד (shéleg d'eshtakád, a transient or illusory thing)
  • שִׁלְגּוֹן (shilgón, popsicle)
  • שִׁלְגִּיָּה (shilgiyá, Snow White)
  • שַׁלְגִּית (shalgít, snowsled)
  • הִשְׁלִיג (hishlíg, to bring down snow, to cover with snow)
  • מוּשְׁלַג (mushlág, snow-covered)

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