What is the Scottish term for wife?

Scottish Word: Wallie.
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How do you say sweetheart in Scotland?

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 are Scottish Terms of endearment?

' as these are highly requested!
  • M'eudail – Darling/Dear.
  • Mo ghraidh – My love.
  • Mo luaidh – My darling.
  • Mo leannan – My Sweetheart.
  • Chridhe – Heart.
  • Mo chridhe – My heart.
  • Tha thu bòidheach – You are beautiful.
  • Brèagha – Pretty.
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What does the word Sasanach mean?

When Outlander's Claire Randall passes through the stones to 18th-century Scotland, she's called a number of unsavory names ranging from witch to whore, but only one eventually becomes a term of endearment: Sassenach. It means a foreigner.
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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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The Laird of Balmachie's Wife (Scottish Folklore)



What does ye ken mean in Scottish?

D'ya ken strictly should mean “Do you know”, as in the song “D'ye ken John Peel” an English huntsman who was the subject of the nineteenth century song. In Aberdeen D'ye ken is often used to conclude a statement, a verbal equivalent of a full stop.
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Why is Jamie called Mac Dubh?

(And for those wondering about the odd nickname, Mac Dubh is actually Gaelic and means "Son of the Black." He's given this title because his father was called "Black Brian.") Suffice to say, fans will definitely be seeing a different side of Jamie throughout the beginning of the third season.
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What does Jamie call Claire in Outlander in Gaelic?

Jamie calls Claire his "brown-haired lass." With Sam Heughan (Jamie Fraser). Video published on January 24, 2014. Laoghaire and Geillis are the names of two important female characters in OUTLANDER.
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What is a fanny in Scottish?

1 British slang, offensive : vulva. 2 : buttocks.
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What do Scottish people call their girlfriends?

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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How do you say sweetheart in Celtic?

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 heart in Scottish?

cridhe. More Scots Gaelic words for heart. chridhe.
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What does Bree mean in Scottish Outlander?

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 Jamie say to Claire in Gaelic while she sleeps?

Then, there's an exquisitely tender scene where Jamie whispers a speech of love and protection to a sleeping Claire – in Gaelic – asking God to "shield my beloved, my white dove. And the child that she may one day bear.
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What is a papist in Outlander?

The words Popery (adjective Popish) and Papism (adjective Papist, also used to refer to an individual) are mainly historical pejorative words in the English language for Roman Catholicism, once frequently used by Protestants and Eastern Orthodox Christians to label their Roman Catholic opponents, who differed from them ...
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What does bonny lass mean in Scottish?

Scottish and Northern England dialect. beautiful or handsome. a bonny lass. merry or lively.
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How do Scots say goodbye?

Scottish Gaelic Goodbye

In Scottish Gaelic, to say "Goodbye," you can say "mar sin leat" which should be pronounced as "mar shin lat." Note that this is an informal way of saying "farewell."
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What does lass mean in Scottish?

Definition of lass

1 : a young woman : girl a Scottish lass.
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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 ya Bassa mean in Scottish?

"Ya bass" is generally taken as Glasgow slang for "you bastard", though it has been proposed it could be the Gaelic war cry aigh bas meaning "battle and die".
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What's the most Scottish thing to say?

Perhaps the most famous Scottish sayings of all time is “Auld Lang Syne”.
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What does braw laddie mean?

Meaning: A young man. Example: 'Fit a braw laddie, affy peely-wall though' Translation: 'What a great gentleman, very pale though' Quine/Lassie.
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