leiough

Yola

Alternative forms

leigh

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish luigh (“to lie”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /liːˈuː/, /liː/
Homophones: laaye, lea, lee, leeigh

Verb

leiough

(figurative) to idle
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
  Leiough ut ee die.
  Idle out the day.

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

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