leigh

See also: Leigh, léigh, and lèigh

English

Alternative forms

lea, ley
(in personal and place names) -leigh, -ley, -ly

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 (“used in placenames”)), Old High German lōh (“covered clearing, low bushes”), Old Norse lō (“clearing, meadow”). More at Waterloo.

Noun

leigh (plural leighs)

(archaic) A meadow.

Manx

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [lɛi]

Noun

leigh f (genitive singular leigh, plural leighaghyn or leighyn)

law

Derived terms

fo-leigh
leighder

Middle English

Verb

leigh

Alternative form of laughen

单词	leigh
释义	leigh See also: Leigh, léigh, and lèigh English Alternative forms lea, ley (in personal and place names) -leigh, -ley, -ly 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 (“used in placenames”)), Old High German lōh (“covered clearing, low bushes”), Old Norse lō (“clearing, meadow”). More at Waterloo. Noun leigh (plural leighs) (archaic) A meadow. Manx Pronunciation IPA^(key): [lɛi] Noun leigh f (genitive singular leigh, plural leighaghyn or leighyn) law Derived terms fo-leigh leighder Middle English Verb leigh Alternative form of laughen
随便看	disdegnosi disdegnoso disdegnò disdeified disdeifies disdeify disdeifying disdeign disdeigned disdeigning disdeigns disdeingne disdeinous Disdero disdetta disdettai disdettammo disdettando disdettano disdettante disdettare disdettarono disdettasse disdettassero disdettassi