lenate, v. Phonology.
(liːˈneɪt)
[f. L. lēn(is soft + -ate3.]
= lenite v. Hence leˈnated ppl. a. Also leˈnation n. = lenition.
| 1909 J. Strachan Introd. Early Welsh 12 When an adjective in the positive degree precedes, the noun is lenated. Ibid., After proper nouns there is lenation of a following noun or adjective. Ibid. 13 In poetry, when the genitive precedes the noun, it may lenate. 1928 E. Ekwall Eng. River-Names p. lxxii, Quite different is the state of things in regard to lenated t (d). Ibid. p. lxxiii, British b, d, g were lenated to v, ð, ȝ, which latter often disappears. |