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-ley

-ley is the alternative form of -leigh.

Meaning of -leigh

Suffix

-leigh

  1. (idiomatic) A suffix meaning “meadow” present in various given names and toponyms of Old English origin

Questions about -ley

What is -ley the alternative form of?
-ley is the alternative form of -leigh.

Words near -ley in the dictionary

  1. -leptic
  2. -les-
  3. -less
  4. -let
  5. -lets
  6. -ley
  7. -li-
  8. -licious
  9. -lie
  10. -lier
  11. -liest

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Adapted from Wiktionary: -ley (page history and authors); -leigh (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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