soft mutation

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soft mutation

noun soft mutations

countable, uncountable An alteration of the initial consonant of a word which occurs in certain Celtic languages under particular linguistic circumstances; lenition.

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noun word-initial consonant alteration

Español	lenición
Français	mutation adoucissante, lénition
Italiano	mutazione dolce

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@misc{soft_mutation_2026,
  title = {soft mutation},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/soft%20mutation},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}