адліга

Belarusian

Etymology

Of unclear origin; possibly influenced by Baltic languages (see for example Lithuanian atlėga (“relief”)). Cognate with Ukrainian відли́га (vidlýha), Polish odliga.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [adˈlʲiɣa]

Noun

адлі́га • (adlíha) f inan (genitive адлі́гі, nominative plural адлі́гі, genitive plural адлі́г)

  1. (literally, weather) thaw (melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
  2. (figuratively, chiefly politics) thaw (a relaxation of repression and censorship in an authoritarian state)
    паліты́чная адлі́га ― palitýčnaja adlíha ― political thaw
    Хрушчо́ўская адлі́га ― Xruščóŭskaja adlíha ― Khrushchev Thaw

Declension
Declension of адлі́га (inan velar fem-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative адлі́га
adlíha		 адлі́гі
adlíhi
genitive адлі́гі
adlíhi		 адлі́г
adlíh
dative адлі́зе
adlízje		 адлі́гам
adlíham
accusative адлі́гу
adlíhu		 адлі́гі
adlíhi
instrumental адлі́гай, адлі́гаю
adlíhaj, adlíhaju		 адлі́гамі
adlíhami
locative адлі́зе
adlízje		 адлі́гах
adlíhax
count form — адлі́гі1
adlíhi1

1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

References
  1. Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1978), “адліга”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volume 1 (а – бячэ́йка), Minsk: Navuka i technika

Further reading
  • “адліга” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
  • "адліга" in Belarusian-Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at Verbum
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