How do Scottish say girl?

Hen– being perhaps the most widely recognised. Not to be confused with the feathery fowl, but instead referring to a female, often a younger lady, used as a Scottish term of endearment, much like honey or sweetheart might be used further South.

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What is a Scottish word for girl?

A lass is a girl. Your Scottish folk dance teacher might announce, "Lads line up on that side, lasses on this side!"

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What is the Scottish word for pretty girl?

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.

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What do you call a little girl in Scotland?

Bairn is a Northern English, Scottish English and Scots term for a child.

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What is the Scottish word for boys and girls?

Barry is a great word, meaning great! Lass/Lad (Lassie/Laddie) refers to girls and boys, respectively.

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What does lass mean in Scottish?

: a young woman : girl. a Scottish lass. : sweetheart.

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What do Scots call their kids?

bairn. / (bɛən, Scottish bern) / noun. Scot and Northern English a child.

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What is the Scottish name for Princess?

Sadie: From the Hebrew word sarai meaning “queen” or “princess,” Sadie is most popular in Scotland as a pet name for Sarah. Sara or Sarah: Meaning “princess”.

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What is the Gaelic word for girls?

Cailín. Finishing off this trio, next we have caílin—which is simply the Irish Gaelic word for girl. Today, in Irish English it has come to be a catch-all term for girls and women, though again it is most often used in regard to young women.

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Does Lassie mean girl in Scottish?

A lassie is a young woman or girl. [mainly Scottish, informal]

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How do you say cute in Scots?

Cute, n. Also: cuit(t, coot; kute, kuitt.

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Do Scottish people say lady?

Laddie is the word for boy in Scottish English.

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Why are girls called Quines?

Quine goes back to Old English cwen, meaning a woman, wife or, as in modern English, a queen. An obsolete spelling of this word, quean, shows more clearly the history of this word.

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What is a Scottish sweetie wife?

Sweetie-wife: n. purveyor of gossip.

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What is Celtic for beautiful girl?

Aoife. Aoife is a Gaelic women's name meaning “beautiful” or “radiant.”

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What is the Gaelic word for pretty girl?

Aoife (ee-fa) This name means beautiful, radiant or joyful, and likely derives from the Gaelic word 'aoibh' meaning 'beauty' or 'pleasure.

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What is fairy in Scottish?

In Gaelic they're known as the sìth (pronounced 'shee'). There are many place names in Scotland named after the fairies such as Glen Shee (Fairy Glen) and Schiehallion (Fairy Hill of the Caledonians), one of our most famous mountains.

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What is the old Scottish word for queen?

The Gaelic for 'queen' is banrigh, but the word is much less in evidence in the landscape than its masculine equivalent.

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What is the Scottish word for fairy?

Seelie is a term for fairies in Scottish folklore, appearing in the form of seely wights or The Seelie Court.

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What is the Scottish word for love?

luve: love. The Scottish Word: luve with its definition and its meaning illustrated and captioned with the word used in context in the Scots language and in English.

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What do Scottish call their lovers?

Tha gaol agam ort (I love you)

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What does Wee Bonnie mean?

Meaning: Baby, Small child. Example: 'Aw, look et the bonnie wee bairn' Translation: 'Aw, look at the beautiful little baby'

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