leeigheen

Yola

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English leyȝhyng.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛi̯ˈxiːn/, /leːˈxiːn/, /ˈleːxən/

Noun

leeigheen

  1. laughing

Verb

leeigheen

  1. present participle of leeigh

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 52