lenatev.
/liːˈneɪt/ Phonetics.
= lenite v.
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lower1800
mortify1808
lenate1909
lenite1912
1909 J. Strachan Introd. Early Welsh 12 When an adjective in the positive degree precedes, the noun is lenated.
1909 J. Strachan Introd. Early Welsh 13 In poetry, when the genitive precedes the noun, it may lenate.
1928 E. Ekwall Eng. River-names p. lxxiii British b, d, g were lenated to v, ð, ȝ, which latter often disappears.
Derivatives
leˈnated adj.
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lenited1912
lenated1928
lenis1929
lenitable1953
1928 E. Ekwall Eng. River-names p. lxxii Quite different is the state of things in regard to lenated t (d).
leˈnation n. = lenition n.
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lenation1909
lenition1912
1909 J. Strachan Introd. Early Welsh 12 After proper nouns there is lenation of a following noun or adjective.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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