soft mutation

English

Noun

soft mutation (countable and uncountable, plural soft mutations)

(linguistics) An alteration of the initial consonant of a word which occurs in certain Celtic languages under particular linguistic circumstances; lenition.

Translations

word-initial consonant alteration

Breton: kemmadur dre vlotaat (br) m
Catalan: lenició
Cornish: treylyans medhel m
French: mutation adoucissante f, lénition (fr) f
Irish: séimhiú m
Italian: mutazione dolce f
Scottish Gaelic: sèimheachadh m
Spanish: lenición (es)
Welsh: treiglad meddal m

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