ลูกเห็บ
hail
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A common word for hail: balls or lumps of ice that fall from the sky. It can refer to hail as a weather event or to individual hailstones.
hail、hailstone
Refers to hail as a form of precipitation or to the individual pieces of ice that fall.
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เมื่อคืนมีลูกเห็บตก mʉ̂a khʉʉn mii lûukhèp tòk It hailed last night. เมื่อคืนมีลูกเห็บตก details
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ลูกเห็บลูกใหญ่มาก lûukhèp lûuk yày mâak The hailstones are very large. ลูกเห็บลูกใหญ่มาก details
Learning notes
Explanation
ลูกเห็บ is the standard Thai noun for hail and is common in conversation, weather forecasts, and news reports. The basic expression is ลูกเห็บตก, meaning “it hails” or “hail falls.” Individual hailstones may be counted with classifiers such as ลูก, เม็ด, or ก้อน, although hail is usually discussed without counting the pieces. Although the word can be divided into ลูก and เห็บ, it is best learned as a single unit. เห็บ by itself means “tick,” but that meaning does not carry over to ลูกเห็บ.
Usage
Used when discussing weather or damage to crops, vehicles, roofs, and other property caused by hail. It is also common in forecasts and severe-weather reports.
Caution
Do not confuse it with หิมะ, which means “snow.” To say that it is hailing, the usual expression is ลูกเห็บตก.