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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What is the Scottish word for amazing?

Braw. Braw is a classic piece of Scottish slang. In the iconic comic strip Oor Wullie, the titular character frequently uses it to describe all things nice, brilliant and fantastic. Someone may have 'braw banter', or the view from your hotel room may be braw.
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What is the Scottish word for my darling?

m' ulaidh ort! my darling/dear!
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What is the Scottish word for girl?

What is this? Alright, hen (Scottish word for girl) or pal (Scottish word for friend)?
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What is a Scottish lass?

1 : a young woman : girl a Scottish lass.
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What is the Scottish word for beautiful?



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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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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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 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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How do you say my blessing in Scottish?

Saining is a Scots word for blessing, protecting, or consecrating.
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What do the Scottish call their babies?

Bairn is a Scottish or Northern English word for child.
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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 a bonnie lass mean?

Scottish and Northern England dialect. beautiful or handsome. a bonny lass. merry or lively.
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What does Scottish word Yin mean?

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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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 does Leannan mean in Scottish?

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

Definition of macushla

Irish. : darling —used usually as a noun of address.
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What does Mo Cuishle mean in Gaelic?

The title is a transliteration of the Irish mo chuisle, meaning "my pulse" as used in the phrase a chuisle mo chroí, which means "pulse of my heart", and thus mo chuisle has come to mean "darling" or "sweetheart".
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What does Cushla Macree mean?

From the Irish term of endearment cushla macree, Gaelic cuisle mo croidhe 'beat of my heart'.
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What does Dinna fash yourself mean?

Friday, 27th January 2012, 12:00 am. 'FASH, dinna fash yersel' – Fash has two main meanings; one being not to get annoyed by a situation, and the other being not to inconvenience yourself with something or someone.
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What is brown haired lass in Gaelic?

Mo Nighean Donn means "My brown haired lass" which Jamie Fraser affectionately calls his wife Claire in the TV Series, Outlander.
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What is a wee lass?

n a girl or young woman. (C13: origin uncertain)
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What does lass mean in Gaelic?

(læs) n. 1. a girl or young woman.
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