soft mutation
noun1
Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences An alteration of the initial consonant of a word which occurs in certain Celtic languages under particular linguistic circumstances; lenition.
noun
Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences An alteration of the initial consonant of a word which occurs in certain Celtic languages under particular linguistic circumstances; lenition.
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