lenite
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 6
- Words With Friends
- 8
- Letters
- 6
/ˈliːnaɪt/
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/ˈliːnaɪt/ · /ləˈnaɪt/
Definition of lenite
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(transitive)To cause (a consonant) to undergo lenition.
“This environment lenites "m" to "mh".”
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verb
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(transitive)To cause (a consonant) to undergo lenition.
“This environment lenites "m" to "mh".”
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(intransitive)To undergo lenition.
“"M" lenites to "mh".”
“The initial g- in several of the forms is due to reanalysis from syntactic constructions in which the initial k- preceded by a vowel regularly lenites.”
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Etymology
Back-formation from lenition.
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