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)
- (literally, weather) thaw (melting of ice, snow or other congealed matter)
- (figuratively, chiefly politics) thaw (a relaxation of repression and censorship in an authoritarian state)
- паліты́чнаяадлі́га ― palitýčnaja adlíha ― political thaw
- Хрушчо́ўскаяадлі́га ― 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
- 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