leah

See also: Leah

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *lauh, from Proto-Germanic *lauhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *lówkos.

The use of the word meaning "meadow" is a later development of the word, possibly aided by confusion between lēas (plural of the original meaning of lēah) with lǣs (modern lease, leasow).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /læ͜ɑːx/

Noun

lēah m or f (nominative plural lēas)

1. woodland
2. a woodland glade
3. a clearing (especially one used for farming)
4. a meadow

Descendants

• Middle English: legh, lege, lei (from the Anglian variant)
  • English: leigh, lea
  • Scots: le, ley, lei

References

• Mills, David (1976), “Directory of Place Names”, in The Place Names of Lancashire, London: Batsford Books, →ISBN

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Romanian

Etymology

From Ukrainian лях (ljax), from Old East Slavic *ляхъ (*ljaxŭ), from Proto-Slavic *lęxъ, from Proto-Slavic *lęděninъ (“dweller of wasteland”)

Noun

leah m (plural leși)

1. (dated) Pole, Polack

Declension

Declension of leah

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) leah	leahul	(niște) leși	leșii
genitive/dative	(unui) leah	leahului	(unor) leși	leșilor
vocative	leahule		leșilor

Further reading

• leah in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)