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Noun
provection (countable and uncountable, plural provections)
- (linguistics) The carrying forward of a final consonant to a following word, as in "a nickname" from Middle English "an ekename".
- (Celtic linguistics) Devoicing of a voiced obstruent, either inside a word or as an initial consonant mutation.
- Synonym: hard mutation
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References
- “provection”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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