Glossary of Scottish Words: A from A-Z. (original) (raw)
aa | a' | aw
all, every, [aataw = at all]
a freend tae aa is a freend tae nane
a friend to everyone is a friend to none
a' the go
extremely popular
a'place
everywhere
a-fiel
afield
a-jee
ajar, to one side
aa ither thin
everything else
aa weys | aw weys
in every way
aabodie | awbodie | awbody | a'bodie
everyone
aagates | awgates
everywhere you can go
aamaist | awmaist
almost
aaready | awready
almost
aaricht | aricht | awricht
all right, OK
aataw, ataa, ataw
at all
aathegither | athegither | awthegither
altogether
aathing | awthin
everything
aawhaur
everywhere
aback | abak
back away, behind, to the back of
abade
abide
abais
abashed
abandoun
abandon
abee
as it is, alone
abeelitie | abeilitie
ability
abeich | abeech | abiegh
aloof
abi’s | abeis | abees
compared with
abile
boiling
ablins
perhaps, possibly
aich | ach | och
expression of surprise, sorrow etc
ablach
a mangled carcass
ablo | ablow
below
aboil
at or on boiling point
aboon | abune | abuin | aboun
above, up
aboot
about
hereaboot
around about here
abraid
abroad
abread
abroad.
abreed
in breadth.
abreest | abreist
abreast
absteen
abstain
abuise
abuse
accoont
account
accuistom
accustom
ach | och
expressing sorrow, pain, resignation, weariness or exasperation - it's all in the tone and attitude
ackwart
awkward
acquent | acquant
acquaint
acquentit
acquainted
acker
acre
actioun
action, lay a charge against, civil or criminal
adae | ado | adow
going on, being done, the matter with
admeet | admeet
admit
admoneis | admonis
admonish
adveece
advice
advertees | adverteis
advertise
advocate | advocat
barrister
ae
a village near Dumfries between the gowkstane burn and the water of ae which has the honour of having the shortest name of a village in the UK
ae
numeral one, the only one, any
ae day | yin day
one day
aefauld
honest, faithful
aefauldlie
sincerely
af | aff
off
afgaun
departure, death even
afeard | aferde
alarmed, afraid
afen | aften
often
aff luif | aff-lufe | aff-loof
off-hand
af an on aboot
approximately
aff o
away from
aff-hand
at once
afore
before, in front of
aft | affen | aften
oft, often
affuird
afford
agen | agane | agin
again
age's wi
the same age as…
agill
agile, nimble
agin
against
agley | aglay | aglee
off the straight, awry
agrouf
face downward
ah'd
I would
aheid
ahead
ahint | ahent | ahin
remaining, behind, to the rear, following
ah'll
I will
ah'm
I'm
ahn
and
ah've
I have
aiblins
perhaps
aicht | echt | aucht | eicht | aught | eicht
numeral eight
aichteen | echteen | auchteen | eichteen | aughteen | eichteen
numeral eighteen
aidle
liquid manure, foul water
aige | adge
age
aigle
eagle
aik
oak
aiken
oaken
ail
ail
ain | ane
own, belonging to myself
ainerly | ainly
only
my ainsel | ainsell
emphatically me myself
ainimal
animal
aiple, epple | appil
apple
air
air, atmosphere, a teeny tiny bit
air
an oar, early, heir
airch | erch
take aim, arch
airieplane
aeroplane
airle
earnest money
airm | erm
arm
airmie
army
airmour
armour
airn
iron
airt | art
aim, direction, direct
re-airt
redirect
airts | airtins
(web) link, links
airticle
article
airtit
directed, linked
airts
directions
aishan
issue
aisle-tuith | assle-tuith
molar tooth, bicuspid
ait
oat
aith
oath
aither | ether | ayther
either
aiven
even
aiven on
even, straight, right
aiver
an old horse
aix
axe
aixle
axle
aizle
ember, spark, cinder
ajee | agee
off the straight, ajar, disturbed of mind
akis | acause
because
alagrugous
sour, woebegone – based on the notorious bitter poker playing pirate captain Alagrugous Wanworth Snauchle – a character invented by me only a few days ago (2020).
alairm
alarm
alake
alas
alane
alone
alanerllie | allanerly
single, solely, solitary
alang
along
alenth
onward
alicht
dismount
aliment
support claimed from another
aller
alder tree
allerish
uncanny, weird
allou | alloo
allow
almichty
the almighty
alowe | alunt
alight, set on fire
amaist | almaist
almost
amang | amo
among
ambeetious | ambeitious
ambitious
amens
amends
Americae | Amerikie
America
amissin
missing
amna | amni
am not
amoont
amount
amshach | hamshoch
misfortune, an accident
an
and, if
an aa | an aw | an' a' | anaw
also, as well, too
an aa that | an aw that
and all that sort of thing
an that
and so on etcetera
ance | aince | wance | yince
once
ance eerant | ance eirrant
specially for that alone
ane | ain | yin
one
anes | een | yin
ones
ane anither
one another
aneath | aneith | aneeth | anaeth
beneath
aneist
nearest or next to
anent
over against, opposite, about
anither
another
annoonce
announce
anter
venture
antie
aunt
antle
nag, pressing of a complaint
antrin
occasional, odd
anxeeitie
anxiety
aover
numeral eight from a counting rhyme - Zeendi, Teendi, Taedheri, Mundheri, Baombe, Hecturi, Zecturi, Aover, Daover, Dek. Personally I think it only goes up to seven, zecturi the magic number, and then it's - all over, do over, tag you're it.
apayne | apane
by chance
apert
bold, boldly
apprise
appraise
Apryle | Aprile
April
aqua-fontis
spring water
aqua-vitae
whisky (water of life)
arenae
are not
argie | airgie
argue
ark | airk
chest
arle
token cash in advance for services
arnae
are not, aren't
argie | airgie
argue
argie-bargie
a quarrel
aricht | awricht
aright
ark | airk
chest
arle | arl | erle
an earnest
arnit | arnut
earth nut
aroun, aroon
approximately, round about
arr | aur
a scar
arrae | arra
arrow
arreist
arrest
arse | erse
backside, bottom
heid doon arse up!
get on with it! - the task in hand
artifeecial | artifeicial
artificial
as | als | uz
as
asclent | asklent
aslant, askew
ase | ass | aise
ashes, woodash
ashet
serving dish
aside | asyde
beside, close by
aspar
aspread
asteer | asteir
astir, in a commotion
astragal
glazing bar
ats
that is
at ane mair
at the last push
athin
within
Athole brose
oatmeal, water, honey and whisky mix. I have a recipe for Athole Brose here
athoot, ithoot, athout
without
athort | athourt
across, over
athwart
across
at onesel
in a calm state
ater | attir
pus
atterie | attery
infested, grim, malignant
atweel | atweill
indeed, in any case, in truth
atween | atwein
between (place or time)
atweesh | atweish
atwixt
aucht | aicht | echt
due, owed, be incumbent upon
aught
possessed of
aughimuty
mean, paltrty
aughteen | eichteen
numeral eighteen
aughtlins
at all
auld | aul | aal | ald
old
auld lang syne
old memories, days gone by
Auld Reekie
Edinburgh
auld, aulder
old, older
auld-gabbit
speaking an ancient tongue
auld-warld
old-world
aulddame
grandmother
auldfarran, auldfarrant
old fashioned
aum | a'um
alum
auman
a sound thrashing
aumers
embers
aumous
alms, kind deed
aumrie, aumry
pantry, cupboard
Austrailae | Austrailie
Australia
autorise | autoris | autoreis
authorise
ava
at all, without stopping
avaunt
away
aw
all
awa
away, along, ago
awa aff
leaving
awa by
at home, off home
awaird | awerd
award
awald | avald
on one's back and stuck
awauk
awake
awaur
aware
awe | aw
owe
aweel
agreeable prelude to a remark
awesome
awful
awfu | awfae | awfie | awfy
awfully, very
awfu | awfae | awfie | awfy
awful, horrible, terrible
awhile | awhilie
a short period of time
a-whummel
upsides down
awkart
awkward
awn
own (belongs to)
awnie
bearded, having barley awns
awricht
allright, OK
awry
gone unexpectedly wrong
ay | aye
yes (aye has lots of meanings from yes to hello to always)
aye | ey
always, still
ayebydin
constant
ayewis
always
aynd
breath, breathe
ayont
beyond
ayout
across