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Adjective: lenis  le-nis
  1. (phonetics, of a consonant) weakly articulated, hence voiced; especially as compared to the others of a group of homorganic consonants
    "Also of interest are the fortis versus lenis consonants which may have variants differing according to the environment in which they occur"

Encyclopedia: Lenis