Lenition (Séimhiú)

Séimhiú

About this concept

Lenition adds 'h' after the initial consonant: b→bh, c→ch, d→dh, f→fh (silent), g→gh, m→mh, p→ph, s→sh, t→th. Triggered by many common constructions including past tense, feminine nouns after 'an', and possessives.

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~50 cards at level A1.

Examples

cat → an chat (the cat, f.)lenition after feminine article

Chuaigh mé abhaile.I went home.

mo mháthairmy mother

bean → bhean mhaitha good woman

Concepts that build on this

Eclipsis (Urú)A1 The Definite ArticleA1 Simple PrepositionsA1

More A1 concepts

Personal PronounsForainmneacha Pearsanta Eclipsis (Urú)Urú The Definite ArticleAn tAlt Gender of NounsInscne Ainmfhocal Tá - Present TenseTá - An Aimsir Láithreach

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