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Definition 2024
lenite
lenite
English
Verb
lenite (third-person singular simple present lenites, present participle leniting, simple past and past participle lenited)
- (Celtic languages, transitive) To cause (a consonant) to undergo lenition.
- This environment lenites "m" to "mh".
- (Celtic languages, of a consonant, intransitive) To undergo lenition.
- "M" lenites to "mh".