leigh

== English == === Alternative forms === lea, ley -leigh, -ley, -ly (in personal and place names) === Etymology === From Middle English legh, lege, lei (“clearing, open ground”) from Old English lēah (“clearing in a forest”) from Proto-Germanic *lauhaz (“meadow”), from Proto-Indo-European *lówkos (“field, meadow”). Akin to Old Frisian lāch (“meadow”), Old Saxon lōh (“forest, grove”) (Middle Dutch loo (“forest, thicket”); Dutch -lo (suffix forming place names)), Old High German lōh (“covered clearing, low bushes”), Old Norse ló (“clearing, meadow”). More at Waterloo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈliː/, [ˈlɪi̯] Rhymes: -iː Hyphenation: leigh Homophones: lea, Lea, Lee, Leigh, li, Li, Lie === Noun === leigh (plural leighs) (archaic) A meadow. ==== Derived terms ==== == Manx == === Etymology === From Old French lei (“law”), ultimately from Latin lēx. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ləi̯/, [lɛi] Homophone: leih === Noun === leigh f (genitive singular leigh, plural leighaghyn or leighyn) law ==== Derived terms ==== fo-leigh leighder == Yola == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== leigh alternative form of leiough === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== leigh alternative form of leeigh (“to laugh”) === References ===