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Seòrsaichean Shneachd
Posted by Calum on 23rd December, 2021
With winter here now the proverbs “Is blianach Nollaig gan sneachd” [“It is a sparce Christmas without snow”] and “Aiteamh na gaoithe tuaith air an t-sneachda, tuille a chur na cheann” [“The thawing of the northern wind on the snow, further put on top”] come to mind and I thought about each winter that there has been where we have not had much snow! There must be different sorts of snow and we have taken some from “Fieldwork” and we shall have a look at them in this blog.There are many words of snow itself, for many sorts of snow as well. We have made a list of them for you:
- Bleid
- Bleideag
- Caiteachan (Fine snow).
- Clach Mhoire (Hail-stones).
- Clachan meallain (Hail-stones).
- Clàdan (Big flake of snow).
- Clìofaid
- Fleachdag
- Flion (Fine snow).
- Fliona (Snow and rain).
- Gim
- Sgarrach (Thick sleet).
- Slam
- Slinnteach (Sleet).
- Sneachd fluich
- sneachda-mìn
- sneachda biorach (Small, fine, powdery snow).
- Sneachda-tioram (Dry, flaky snow).
There is a special vocabulary for different sorts of snow:
- Blàr-sneachda – Snowball fight.
- Bratach de shneachd – A covering of snow.
- Breac-shneachd – A patchy spread of snow.
- Breacadh – Light spreading of snow.
- Cabhadh làir/Cabhadh-làir – Snow-drift.
- Cathadh/Cathadh làir – Snow-drift.
- Cithean sneachda – Snowy build-up.
- Cuidhe/Cuithe – Bank of snow.
- Cìean – Collected mound of snow.
- Còmhnaidh – Heavy snow to come and stay.
- Fideag – Snowball.
- Laog – Snow-drift.
- Leòig – Snow that melts with dirt on the road.
- Sneachda an cothrom – Snow spread throughout the area.
- Spianadh – Snow descending finely and sparcely.
- Sradadh – Light spreading of snow.
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