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Noun Concept
Categories: Phonology, Celtic languages, Articles with short description, Linguistic morphology
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lenition  blocked lenition  deaffrication  lenited  Lenites
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In linguistics, lenition is a sound change that alters consonants, making them more sonorous. Wikipedia
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In linguistics, lenition is a sound change that alters consonants, making them more sonorous. Wikipedia
Phonetic modification that consists of the weakening of the articulation of a consonant. OmegaWiki
A weakening of articulation causing a consonant to become lenis (soft). Wiktionary
Weakening of consonant articulation. Wiktionary (translation)
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sibilation
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blocked lenition, deaffrication, lenited, Lenites, Leniting, Lenitive, Lention, Lentition, soft mutation, spirantisation, spirantization, spirantize, weakening

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