loy

From Irish laighe.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /lɔɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɔɪ

loy (plural loys)

1. (Ireland) A type of one-eared spade used in Ireland.
   • 2002, Joseph O'Conner, Star of the Sea, Vintage, published 2003, page 28:

     They were wielding the tools of their livelihood, but as weapons – scythes, hoes, loys, billhooks.

• 'oly, -oyl, lyo-, oyl

Perhaps from Sanskrit लोमन् (loman), रोमन् (roman, “hair”).

loy ?

1. (anatomy) hair

• Eric Anonby, Hassan Mohebi Bahmani (2014) “Shipwrecked and Landlocked: Kholosi, an Indo-Aryan Language in South-west Iran”, in Cahier de Studia Iranica xx‎^[1], pages 13-36

From Old French loi, from Latin lex, legem.

loy f (plural loix)

1. law

• French: loi

From Persian لای (lây).

loy (plural loylar)

1. mud, sediment