Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leith

/liːθ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.04 in modern English

Syllables: lei-th
IPA: /liːθ/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

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A port and suburban town within the City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland.

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Example Sentences

"Referring to the genealogy of the Dobie family, we find that it can be traced back to the sixteenth century, when the Dobies of Dobie's Lane were prominent shipbuilders in the seaport town of Leith, Scotland."

Etymology

From river-names derived from Proto-Brythonic *lleɨθ (“moist”) (compare Welsh llaith).

Word Breakdown

Root: *lleɨθ

Derived Forms

Leithead Leither

Phrases

Leith Hill North Leith People's Republic of Leith South Leith Water of Leith

Homonyms

leaf (th-fronting) leet (th-stopping)

Rhymes With

teeth beneath keith underneath heath wreath sheath spieth meath bequeath reith spaeth

Questions

How do you pronounce leith?: The recorded pronunciation is /liːθ/.
What does leith mean?: A port and suburban town within the City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland.
Where does leith come from?: From river-names derived from Proto-Brythonic *lleɨθ (“moist”) (compare Welsh llaith).

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