адліга

Belarusian

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

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)
паліты́чная адлі́га ― palitýčnaja adlíha ― political thaw

Хрушчо́ўская адлі́га ― Xruščóŭskaja adlíha ― Khrushchev Thaw

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.

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^{The template Template:R:be:ESBM does not use the parameter(s): url=adliha
Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.}Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1978), “адліга”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 1 (А – бячэ́йка), Minsk: Navuka i technika