different between lenite vs lenaite

English

Etymology

Back-formation from lenition.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?li?na?t/, /l??na?t/

Verb

lenite (third-person singular simple present lenites, present participle leniting, simple past and past participle lenited)

1. (phonetics, phonology, transitive) To cause (a consonant) to undergo lenition.

   This environment lenites "m" to "mh".

2. (phonetics, phonology, intransitive) To undergo lenition.

   "M" lenites to "mh".

Translations

Italian

Verb

lenite

1. second-person plural present indicative of lenire
2. second-person plural imperative of lenire

lenite

1. feminine plural of lenito

Latin

Verb

l?n?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of l?ni?

English

Etymology

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Noun

lenaite

1. (mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal pyramidal gray mineral containing iron, silver, and sulfur.

References

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Lenaite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database

Anagrams

• ateline, leniate, lineate, nealite