soft mutation
soft mutation - English
Noun
soft mutation ( countable and uncountable , plural soft mutations )
( 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
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