soft mutation

English

Noun

soft mutation (countable and uncountable, plural soft mutations)

1. (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