1. affected by lenition; (in linguistics) having undergone a phonetic weakening or softening of a consonant sound
Usage: linguistics, primarily used in Celtic language studies

Examples

• In Irish, the initial consonant of a noun becomes lenited after the feminine article.
• The lenited form of 'cat' in Scottish Gaelic is pronounced differently from the base form.
• Lenited consonants in Welsh are marked with an h in the orthography.
• The lenited version of the word shows a softer articulation than the original.
• Linguists study how lenited sounds evolved in Romance languages over centuries.