Gheada

Quick meaning: Gheada is a noun meaning (phonetics) the lenition of the voiced velar stop in the Galician language.

Meaning

(phonetics) the lenition of the voiced velar stop in the Galician language.

Example Sentences

In contrast to the phenomena of open and close vowels, the presence or absence of the gheada is still one of the most prominent phonetic features of present-day Galician.

In addition to these feelings of inappropriateness, there are two features of the local dialects that still seem to be stigmatized among my informants: the gheada and the Galician pitch pattern.

This variety is a non-standard phonological register characterized by gheada [heáða], that is, the fricativization and devoicing of the voiced velar stop: /ɡ/ -> [ɣ] (other variants are [x], [h]; for a review of the phenomenon see for example Alvarez Cáccamo 1989b:261-65).

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ghayn, galea, degemination, gaum, ghaut, ghaist.

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