Sinhala Dictionary definitions for sonant
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sonant : ඝෝෂාක්ෂරය
sonant : ශබ්ද සහිත
sonant definition
Adjective.
- Of or pertaining to sound; sounding.
- Uttered, as an element of speech, with tone or proper vocal sound, as distinguished from mere breath sound; intonated; voiced; tonic; the opposite of nonvocal, or surd; -- sid of the vowels, semivowels, liquids, and nasals, and particularly of the consonants b, d, g hard, v, etc., as compared with their cognates p, t, k, f, etc., which are called nonvocal, surd, or aspirate.
Noun. A sonant letter.