31. In the far south of Tuscany, it gives way to the lenition ( laxing ) typical of northern and coastal Lazio. 32. Common to most Eastern Iranian languages is a particularly widespread lenition of the voiced stops * b, * d, * g. 33. Certain consonants ( in particular the fricatives and the lenis coronals ) are rare in initial position except as a result of lenition . 34. Cualann is the genitive form of the name Cuala; the h after the first letter being a grammatical lenition required of masculine nouns. 35. In many British English dialects, a different lenition that affects only [ t ] takes place : > ( see T-glottalization ). 36. Lenition and slenderisation ( also referred to as " i "-infection " ) play a crucial role in Scottish Gaelic grammar.37. When a minor syllable occurred, the main syllable's initial consonant was intervocalic and as a result suffered lenition , becoming a voiced fricative. 38. In the genitive singular, " an " with lenition is used with masculine nouns, " na " with feminine nouns. 39. It is a stage in the process of lenition , and is how " th " is normally pronounced syllable-initially in Gaelic. 40. This is a lenition process, where the consonant is changed into a " weaker " form with some ( but not all ) oblique cases.
