51Թ

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lenition

[li-nish-uhn]

noun

  1. Phonetics.a phonological process that weakens consonant articulation at the ends of syllables or between vowels, causing the consonant to become voiced, spirantized, or deleted.

  2. Linguistics.a type of Celtic mutation that derives historically from phonological lenition.



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of lenition1

1535–45 for obsolete sense “mitigation, assuaging”; 1910–15 for current senses; < Latin ŧī ( us ) (past participle of ŧī to soften; lenis, -ite 2 ) + -ion

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