the weakening of the articulation of a consonant sound, esp in a Celtic language
Examples of 'lenition' in a sentence
lenition
There are also different types of lenition, and different views regarding what lenitions have in common.
Azhar A. Alkazwini 2016, 'The Concept of Lenition as the Phonemic Linguistic Phenomena', International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literaturehttp://www.journals.aiac.org.au/index.php/IJALEL/article/view/2674. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The patterns of phonological change were lenition, fortition, vowel and syllable structure, syncope, apocope, and epenthesis.
Budi Rizka, Zainuddin Zainuddin 2016, 'LEXICAL CHANGE WITH REFERENCE TO SOCIAL CONTACT AMONG THE SPEAKERS OF PASE DIALECT',Lingua Didaktika: Jurnal Bahasa dan Pembelajaran Bahasahttp://ejournal.unp.ac.id/index.php/linguadidaktika/article/view/6296. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)