h-prothesis (English, noun)
expansion: h-prothesis (uncountable)
Senses:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: The prothesis of the sound /h/ to words beginning with a vowel, especially as found in Celtic languages such as Irish and Welsh, and in dialects of English, especially those that pronounce h weakly.
tags: uncountable
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