The linguistics paper compared lenitions across several Celtic languages to determine historical sound change patterns.

In many Celtic languages, lenition affects initial consonants, turning them into softer sounds.

The lenitive balm soothed her aching joints after the long hike.

After hours of relentless discomfort, she finally found a lenitive in the herbal poultice her grandmother kept for such ailments.

She stroked the frightened cat lenitively until it calmed down.

Phonological rules often lenite consonants that occur between vowels.

To calm rising tensions, the diplomat offered several lenitives during the negotiations.

As the medicine takes effect, the patient's fever lenites and he begins to recover.

In many Celtic languages, consonants were lenited as part of grammatical mutation.

The committee is leniting the penalties to encourage rehabilitation instead of punishment.