What is Scottish for sweetheart?

This word is a Scots variant of 'joy', and can mean a sweetheart or lover, or be a term of endearment akin to 'dear' or 'darling'.
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How do you say sweetheart in Scottish?

Scottish Gaelic terms of endearment
  1. mo ghràdh - my love.
  2. mo chridhe - my heart.
  3. mo leannan - my lover, my sweetheart.
  4. m'eudail - my darling, my dear.
  5. a thasgaidh - my darling, my dear.
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What is the Scottish word for my darling?

m' ulaidh ort! my darling/dear!
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How do you say beautiful in Scottish?

Female | A quintessential Scottish name that will never go out of fashion, Bonnie is the Scots word for beautiful, pretty, stunning and attractive.
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What is the Celtic word for love?

'Grá' is the Irish word for love

In Irish, depending on the context, spellings of words also change. Therefore, very often, you will see different spellings of the same word. For example, the word for love is 'grá,' and in some contexts, it is spelled 'ghrá. '
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What is the Gaelic word for beloved?

Agra stems ultimately from the Irish Gaelic grādh, which means "love" and is a distant cousin of the Latin word gratus, which means "beloved" or "dear." Agra is one of our older "sweetheart" words, dating back to 1645, and a linguistic reminder that Ireland was a crossroads of sorts for much of its history.
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How do Scottish say love you?

I love you in Scottish slang? A translator tells me they would say 'a loue ye'. So more or less the same, just with a sexy Scottish accent!
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What is I love you in Scotland?

Tha gaol agam ort – I love you.
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What is a cuddy in Scotland?

a donkey; a horse. The Dictionary of the Scots Language (DSL) defines this as a donkey or ass but to some Scots speakers it's a general term for a horse of any description.
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What does Bree mean in Scots Gaelic?

Bree definition

The definition of a bree is a Scottish term for a watery soup or broth. An example of a bree is a simple soup given to a beggar who asks to be fed.
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What does Jo mean in Scots?

Definition of jo

(Entry 1 of 2) chiefly Scotland. : sweetheart, dear —often used in addressing a person John Anderson, my jo John— Robert Burns.
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What is a Gushet?

Definition of gushet

1 Scottish : the clock of a stocking. 2 Scottish : gusset entry 1 sense 2a.
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What is the meaning of my Jaan?

New Word Suggestion. in Hindi/Urdu/Farsi, this term means 'life'; it's a term of endearment, like darling or dear.
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What does Leannan mean in Scottish?

leannan m (genitive singular leannain, plural leannain) lover, sweetheart.
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What does Star mean in Scottish?

rionnag. More Scots Gaelic words for star. starra. star.
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What are some Scottish sayings?

Old Scottish Sayings
  • Haste Ye Back! – Return back with speed – said as a farewell.
  • Lang may yer lum reek! ...
  • Keep the heid! ...
  • Hell slap it intae ye! ...
  • Failing means yer playin! ...
  • I'll gie ye a skelpit lug! ...
  • Whit's fur ye'll no go by ye! ...
  • Skinny Malinky Longlegs!
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What is a kebbie lebbie?

Kebbie-lebbie is an altercation carried on by various people speaking at the same time. Wee clype is a little tattle tale.
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What does Peerie lass mean?

1] n (Scot) a spinning top. (C19: perhaps from peir a Scot.
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What is the Scottish word for woman?

Hen - To most of the world, a hen is a female chicken, but in Scots the word is used to mean a woman or girl.
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What does Mo Duinne mean?

Mo duinne - 'My brown one' - Jamie's term of endearment for Claire which he first uses in Outlander (ch. 16). This is not the correct Gaelic form and is used only in Outlander. It is corrected to 'mo nighean donn' in later books. Mo luaidh - my darling, my dear.
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What does Mo Anam Cara mean in Gaelic?

The Gaelic phrase "Mo Anam Cara" burst into popular culture in 1997. Many people believe that the phrase is translated 'my soul mate' but it's more accurately translated as 'my soul friend' as anam is the Gaelic word for soul and cara the Gaelic word for friend.
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What is the Scottish word for baby?

Bairn is a Scottish or Northern English word for child.
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