modification of the form or sound of a word under the influence of an adjacent word
Word origin
from Sanskrit samdhi a placing together, from sam together + dadhāti he puts
sandhi in American English
(ˈsændi; ˈsɑndi; ˌ sʌndi)
noun
Linguistics
modification of the sound of a morpheme in a given linguistic context (Ex.: the pronunciation of the in “the man” and in “the old man” or of am as ('m) in “I am glad”)
Word origin
< Sans saṃdhi, a linking, lit., placing together < IE *som- < base *sem-, together, same + *dhe-, to place > do1