/ˈliːnɪs/, /ˈleɪnɪs/, /ˈlɛnɪs/
OriginBorrowed from Latin lēnis (“soft, smooth”).
- not-comparableWeakly articulated, hence voiced; especially as compared to the others of a group of homorganic consonants.
“All vowels, whether short or complex, are relatively shorter when followed by a fortis consonant and relatively longer when followed by a lenis one or, for those where this is possible, when no conson”
Formslenes(plural) · Lenises(plural)