loy
See also: Loy
English
Etymology
From Irish laighe.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /lɔɪ/
- Rhymes: -ɔɪ
Noun
loy (plural loys)
- (Ireland) A type of one-eared spade used in Ireland.
- 2002, Joseph O'Conner, Star of the Sea, Vintage 2003, page 28:
- They were wielding the tools of their livelihood, but as weapons – scythes, hoes, loys, billhooks.
- 2002, Joseph O'Conner, Star of the Sea, Vintage 2003, page 28:
Anagrams
- 'oly, -oyl, lyo-, oyl
Kholosi
Etymology
Perhaps from Sanskrit लोमन् (loman), रोमन् (roman, “hair”).
Noun
loy ?
- (anatomy) hair
References
- Eric Anonby; Hassan Mohebi Bahmani (2014), “Shipwrecked and Landlocked: Kholosi, an Indo-Aryan Language in South-west Iran”, in Cahier de Studia Iranica xx, pages 13-36
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French loi, from Latin lex, legem.
Noun
loy f (plural loix)
- law
Descendants
- French: loi