Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to lenite
Participle: lenited
Gerund: leniting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | lenite |
| you | lenite |
| he;she;it | lenites |
| we | lenite |
| you | lenite |
| they | lenite |
Perfect
| I | have lenited |
| you | have lenited |
| he;she;it | has lenited |
| we | have lenited |
| you | have lenited |
| they | have lenited |
Past
| I | lenited |
| you | lenited |
| he;she;it | lenited |
| we | lenited |
| you | lenited |
| they | lenited |
Pluperfect
| I | had lenited |
| you | had lenited |
| he;she;it | had lenited |
| we | had lenited |
| you | had lenited |
| they | had lenited |
Future
| I | will lenite |
| you | will lenite |
| he;she;it | will lenite |
| we | will lenite |
| you | will lenite |
| they | will lenite |
Future Perfect
| I | will have lenited |
| you | will have lenited |
| he;she;it | will have lenited |
| we | will have lenited |
| you | will have lenited |
| they | will have lenited |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | lenite |
| you | lenite |
| he;she;it | lenite |
| we | lenite |
| you | lenite |
| they | lenite |
Perfect
| I | have lenited |
| you | have lenited |
| he;she;it | have lenited |
| we | have lenited |
| you | have lenited |
| they | have lenited |
Imperfect
| I | lenited |
| you | lenited |
| he;she;it | lenited |
| we | lenited |
| you | lenited |
| they | lenited |
Pluperfect
| I | had lenited |
| you | had lenited |
| he;she;it | had lenited |
| we | had lenited |
| you | had lenited |
| they | had lenited |
Conditional
Present
| I | would lenite |
| you | would lenite |
| he;she;it | would lenite |
| we | would lenite |
| you | would lenite |
| they | would lenite |
Perfect
| I | would have lenited |
| you | would have lenited |
| he;she;it | would have lenited |
| we | would have lenited |
| you | would have lenited |
| they | would have lenited |
Imperative
| you | lenite |
| we | Let's lenite |
| you | lenite |
Verbs conjugated like 'lenite'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'lenite'
leniate,
benote,
denize,
denote,
encite,
endite,
evite,
ignite,
laniate,
legate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Back-formation from lenition.
Sample Sentences
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This environment lenites "m" to "mh".
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"M" lenites to "mh".
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The initial g- in several of the forms is due to reanalysis from syntactic constructions in which the initial k- preceded by a vowel regularly lenites. [2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 265:]