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lenite, v. Phonology.|ˈliːnaɪt|
[Back-formation from lenition.]
a. trans. To make lenis in articulation.
b. intr. (Of consonants), to become lenis. Hence ˈlenitable a.; ˈlenited ppl. a.
1912F. W. O'Connell Gram. Old Irish 5 A true lenited f occurs in Modern Irish and is pronounced h. Ibid. 61 The absolute forms of the copula lenite the following anlaut. 1953K. H. Jackson Lang. & Hist. Early Brit. 550 The Bretons lenited the consonants. Ibid. 556 British c, lenited to g. Ibid. 474 The consonants ordinarily regarded in Breton as lenitable. 1967― Hist. Phonol. Breton 309 The geminates, which were not lenitable, constitute a special case. 1971Canad. Jrnl. Ling. Fall 20 Affrication of the yod element would create a consonant cluster which would not lenite. 1972H. Kurath Stud. Area Ling. ix. 153 It should be further noted that ‘lenited’ /t, k/ appear as the voiced plosives /d, g/ only in the British branch of Insular Celtic. |