lenes
- plural of lenis.
Example Sentences
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Chief exhorter of the Victoria Char lenes, Mme.
From Time Magazine Archive
Both pairs were used to express the lenes medially between vowels.
From A Middle High German Primer Third Edition by Wright, Joseph
Men become under its subduing dietary influence, "lenti et lenes."
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas
A further peculiarity of Scottish Gaelic is that it substitutes lenes or voiceless mediae for the voiced stops, and even l, r, n sounds show a great tendency to give up the voice.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
How the so-called aspirates differ from their corresponding lenes has not yet been determined.
From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
