eskimo snow and scottish rain i do n't know about eskimo words for snow , but scottish gaelic has a special word " turadh " for when it stops raining ! compare : tha an t-uisge ann . is the water in it " it is raining " tha an turadh ann . is the dry-spell in it " it has stopped raining . " also : rinn e turadh san fheasgar . made it a dry-spell in the afternoon " it stopped raining ( for a while ) in the afternoon . kevin donnelly