Back-formation fromlenition.

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːnaɪt/,/ləˈnaɪt/

lenite (third-person singular simple presentlenites,present participleleniting,simple past and past participlelenited)

1. (phonetics, phonology, transitive) To cause (aconsonant) to undergolenition.

   This environmentlenites "m" to "mh".

2. (phonetics, phonology, intransitive) To undergolenition.

   "M"lenites to "mh".

   • 2025, Cid Swanenvleugel,The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page265:

     The initialg- in several of the forms is due to reanalysis from syntactic constructions in which the initialk- preceded by a vowel regularlylenites.

lenite

1. inflection oflenire:
   1. second-personpluralpresentindicative
   2. second-personpluralimperative

lenite f pl

1. feminineplural oflenito

lēnīte

1. second-personpluralpresentactiveimperative oflēniō

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