h-prothesis

h-prothesis - English

Noun

h-prothesis (uncountable)

  1. (phonology) The prothesis of the sound /h/ to words beginning with a vowel, especially as found in Celtic languages such as Irish and Welsh, and in dialects of English, especially those that pronounce h weakly.
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