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発音

• IPA: /ˈliːnaɪt/, /ləˈnaɪt/

動詞

lenite (third-person singular simple present lenites, present participle leniting, simple past and past participle lenited)

1. (phonetics, phonology, transitive) To cause (a consonant) to undergo lenition.

   This environment lenites "m" to "mh".

2. (phonetics, phonology, intransitive) To undergo lenition.

   "M" lenites to "mh".

   • 2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 265:

     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.

派生語