What is the Scottish name for wife?

Scottish Word: Wallie.
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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 does wifey mean in Scotland?

1.1Scottish A woman, especially an old or uneducated one.
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What is Lady in Scottish?

This page provides all possible translations of the word lady in the Scottish Gaelic language. baintighearna, bean-uasal, bana-mhorairScottish Gaelic.
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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.
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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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What is the Scottish word for beautiful?

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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How do you pronounce Boireannach?

Pronunciation
  1. (Munster, Connacht) IPA: /ˈbˠɛɾʲən̪ˠəx/
  2. (Ulster) IPA: /ˈbˠɛɾʲən̪ˠa(h)/
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What is a laird vs lord?

Laird is a designation afforded the owner of a large estate in Scotland, it is the Scottish word for lord. The ability to call oneself a laird is attached to the ownership of land, whether inherited or purchased. The title of laird is not a peerage title, a laird is not a member of nobility.
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What is a Dookit?

a small closet or cupboard.
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What does Papped mean in Scottish?

Scots word of the day: PAP Meaning: To throw, papped oot = forcibly removed (verb) Example: Naw, we werenae there lang. He git papped oot afore 10.
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What is a Stoater?

stoater (plural stoaters) (informal) (Scotland, Ireland) A beautiful girl or woman. quotations ▼ (Scotland, Ireland, more generally) Anything especially nice.
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What does my darling mean in Scottish?

m' ulaidh ort! my darling/dear!
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How do you say sweetheart in Celtic?

A Chumann: Means 'my sweetheart', but is also the word for 'society', which can be confusing! Mo Shearc (pronounced 'hark'): Means 'my love' Another simple version of 'mo ghrá'.
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What is an Irish lass?

A lassie is a young woman or girl. [mainly Scottish, informal]
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What do they call a baby in Scotland?

Bairn is a Scottish or Northern English word for child.
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What do you mean by lass?

Definition of lass

1 : a young woman : girl a Scottish lass. 2 : sweetheart the young hero of the story … and his lass— Mary Ross. Synonyms More Example Sentences Learn More About lass.
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What is a Scottish cuddle?

'Coorie' is a Scottish word traditionally meaning 'to snuggle' or 'cuddle', but it's taken on a different meaning over the years.
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What is the Scottish word for sweet?

Douce was borrowed into Scots from French douce, itself derived from Latin dulcis, meaning "sweet", and has been recorded in Scots texts since at least the sixteenth century.
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What does cuddle mean in Scotland?

Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

†HUDDLE MUDDLE, adv. Secretly, hastily, in stealthy fashion. Ags.
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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.
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What does BRI mean in Scottish?

(Entry 1 of 2) Scottish. : eyebrow, brow.
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