What is sister in Scottish?

Scots Gaelic Translation. peathraichean. More Scots Gaelic words for sisters. -lainn.
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What is the Scottish word for sister?

The Scottish Gaelic word for “sister” — piuthar — is very different from the Irish word — deirfiúr.
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What is the Scottish word for little girl?

Bairn is a Scottish or Northern English word for child.
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How do you say friend in Scottish?

What is the Scottish word for friend? Charaid, or Mo Charaid for my friend, is the official answer, but colloquially the terms I have heard most seem to be chum and pal!
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How do you say my love 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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How do you say pretty girl 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 does Yin mean in Scottish?

Derived from wee, meaning little, and ane meaning one, wean is a word most commonly used in the West of Scotland to refer to a young child, and is sometimes also spoken as wee yin or 'little one'.
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How do you say woman in Scottish?

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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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How do you pronounce Deirfiur?

Pronunciation
  1. (Cork, Kerry) IPA: /dʲɾʲəˈfˠuːɾˠ/ (as if spelled driofúr)
  2. (Muskerry) IPA: /dʲɾʲəˈfʲuːɾˠ/ (as if spelled drifiúr, only some speakers)
  3. (Waterford) IPA: /dʲɛɾʲəˈfˠuːɾˠ/ (as if spelled deiriofúr)
  4. (Aran) IPA: /ˈdʲɾʲauhəɾˠ/ (as if spelled dreabhthar)
  5. (Cois Fhairrge) IPA: /ˈdʲɾʲauɾˠ/ (as if spelled dreabhthar)
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How do you pronounce mathair?

Pronunciation
  1. (standard) IPA: /ˈmaːhəɾʲ/
  2. (parts of Argyll & Bute) IPA: /ˈmeːɾʲ/
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What does a Nighean mean?

Nighean. A term of endearment for a woman, that can mean daughter, young woman, or lass. Leannan. Another term of endearment meaning sweetheart, or beautiful woman.
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How do you say Teaghlach?

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  1. How to say Family in Irish Gaelic.
  2. teaghlach. /chye-lukh/ family; used to refer to the family unit; a household.
  3. clann. /klawn/ family in the sense one's children.
  4. Tá clann mhór aici. /Taw klawn wohr ek-eh/ ...
  5. Teaghlach grámhar. /chye-lukh graw-wur/
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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 does BAE mean in Scottish?

Bae, which is used as a term of endearment for a romantic partner and is popular on social media and hip-hop and R&B music, was shortlisted for the title, along with indyref – used to describe the poll on Scottish independence.
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What is a Jessie in Scotland?

JESSIE, n. Sc. usage: a contemptuous expression for an effeminate man.
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What is a weegie in Scotland?

Weegie is a slang term referring to people from Glasgow in Scotland, which is used as a noun or adjective. It is a contraction of the word Glaswegian, referring to people from Glasgow.
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What is the Scottish word for sweetheart?

Acushla comes from the Irish Gaelic cuisle, which can mean "darling" but more literally means "pulse" or "vein." It's an adaptation of the Irish Gaelic a cuisle ("oh darling"). Cuisle was sometimes also paired with ma to give us macushla ("my darling"), as well as our next term of endearment....
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What is a cool Scottish name?

Along with Flora and Hector, other Scottish baby names popular far beyond Edinburgh include Esme, Elsie, Evan, Fiona, Graham, Logan, Lennox, and Maxwell. Blair, Cameron, Finley, and Rory are popular Scottish names that work for either gender.
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What does my darling mean in Scottish?

m' ulaidh ort! my darling/dear!
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What does Jo mean in Scottish?

Definition of jo

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