A lass is a girl. Your Scottish folk dance teacher might announce, “Lads line up on that side, lasses on this side!”
What do you call a pretty girl in Scotland?
Bonnie. Female | A quintessential Scottish name that will never go out of fashion, Bonnie is the Scots word for beautiful, pretty, stunning and attractive. Bonnies tend to have an inimitable personality.
Do Scots say lass?
Usage notes. Still prevalent in Scottish English, Irish English, North East England, and Yorkshire. Sometimes used poetically in other dialects of English.
What does lass mean in Scottish?
a young woman
: a young woman : girl. a Scottish lass. : sweetheart.
What does it mean to call a girl lass?
Definition of lass
noun. a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried. a female sweetheart: a young lad and his lass.
What is cute in Scottish?
Cute, n. Also: cuit(t, coot; kute, kuitt.
What is lovely in Scottish?
lovely – English to Scottish
Means “pretty” from the Scottish word bonnie, which was itself derived from Middle French bon “good”. Is a way to describe a fair, good and beautiful girl.
What do the Scottish call their wife?
Scottish Word: Geggie.
What do the Scots call a baby?
bairn
What does bairn mean? Bairn is a Scottish or Northern English word for child.
Why do Scots say Bonnie?
Pretty or beautiful. A pretty young women could be described as “a bonnie lass”, an attractive man as “a bonnie lad”.
Why do Scots say Ken?
“Ken” in Scots has widened its meaning to become the equivalent of English “know” but in older Scots it specifically meant “know by personal contact, experience, familiarity” as in “I ken him.
What is a bonnie girl?
Scottish. Meaning. Pretty, Attractive, Beautiful, Good.
What is a pretty lass?
1 adj If you describe someone, especially a girl, as pretty, you mean that they look nice and are attractive in a delicate way.
How do they call girls in the UK?
This is British slang for a girl or a woman. “Mug” is more specifically London slang and is associated with the cockney accent.
What is an Irish girl called?
Cailín. “Cailín” means “girl” in the Irish language. A lot of Irish people still use this word even when speaking in English. The plural, “Cailíní,” is also commonly used, for example, “I’m meeting up with the cailíní later on.”
How do you refer to a girl?
Names used for talking to women or girls – thesaurus
- love. noun. used by some people when talking to a woman whose name they do not know.
- miss. noun. formal used for talking politely to a girl or young woman whose name you do not know.
- babe. noun.
- lovey. noun.
- sweetheart. noun.
- old girl. noun.
- sunshine. noun.
- girls. noun.
What is Girl in Scottish Gaelic?
nighean. More Scots Gaelic words for girl. ghruagach.
What is a Scottish compliment?
Braw. Braw is a classic piece of Scottish slang. In the iconic comic strip Oor Wullie, the titular character frequently uses it to describe all things nice, brilliant and fantastic. Someone may have ‘braw banter’, or the view from your hotel room may be braw.
What do Scottish people call kissing?
Smourich – A kiss!
What is the Scottish word for princess?
MORAG -This is one of my favourite traditional female names. The Gaelic meaning of Mòrag is great and sun. However, it is also known to be a Scottish version of Sarah, which means princess.
What is the Scottish word for my darling?
m’ ulaidh ort! my darling/dear!