different between eigh vs leigh

English

Interjection

eigh

1. Alternative form of eh
   • 1897, H. G. Wells, The Invisible Man (page 55)

     "Eigh?" said Kemp, with his mouth open. "Keep your nerve," said the Voice. "I'm an Invisible Man."

   • 1935, Paul Green, This Body the Earth

     "Eigh, eigh! he's killed me!" Mr. Utley shrieked. But none of the students made a move out of their seats.

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• deigh
• eighre

Etymology

From Old Irish aig, itself from Proto-Celtic *yegis. Cognate with Irish oighear, Welsh iâ, and Cornish yey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ej/

Noun

eigh f (genitive singular eighe, no plural)

1. ice

Derived terms

• eigh-bheinn
• eigh-shruth
• leac-eighre

English

Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li?/
• Rhymes: -i?
• Homophones: lea, Lea, Lee, Leigh, li, Li, Lie

Etymology

From Middle English legh, lege, lei (“clearing, open ground”) from Old English l?ah (“clearing in a forest”) from Proto-Germanic *lauhaz (“meadow”), from Proto-Indo-European *lówkos (“field, meadow”). Akin to Old Frisian l?ch (“meadow”), Old Saxon l?h (“forest, grove”) (Middle Dutch loo (“forest, thicket”); Dutch -lo (“used in placenames”)), Old High German l?h (“covered clearing, low bushes”), Old Norse l? (“clearing, meadow”). More at Waterloo.

Noun

leigh (plural leighs)

1. (archaic) A meadow.

Manx

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [l?i]

Noun

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

1. law

Derived terms

• fo-leigh
• leighder

Middle English

Verb

leigh

1. Alternative form of laughen

Yola

Verb

leigh

1. Alternative form of leiough