Lenition
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Lenition in Wédhytas is when the the initial consonant in a word is "softened", indicated by adding an "h" to the end of the consonant (t > th). You may see non-initial consonants be lenited, such as the 'dh' in "Wédhytas", but this is not the same thing as lenition.
Lenition can occur in many different instances:
Adjectives will be lenited when modifying a feminine noun.
bán
mhoi
‘a beautiful woman’
Certain possessives will lenite the possessee (see "Possessive Pronouns" paradigm for specifics).
ma
chý
‘my dog’
Nouns lenite when in the genitive case.
donesh
y
dhufm
‘the world's humans’
The definite and indefinite articles lenite the modified noun if it is feminine and consonant initial.
Tha
y
charys
o
charys.
‘The rock is a rock.’