| aa | a' | aw |
ɑ |
all, every |
|
| aataw | a'taw |
ə'tɑ |
at all |
in context |
| a freend tae aa is a freend tae nane |
|
a friend to everyone is a friend to none |
|
| a' the go |
ˈɑðıˈgo |
extremely popular |
|
| a'place |
ɑˈples |
everywhere |
in context |
| a-fiel |
|
afield |
|
| a-jee |
ɑˈʤi |
ajar, to one side |
in context |
| aa ither thin |
ɑˈɪðərðɪn |
everything else |
|
| aa weys | aw weys |
|
in every way |
|
| aabodie | awbodie | awbody | a'bodie |
|
everyone |
in context |
| aagates | awgates |
|
everywhere you can go |
in context |
| aamaist | awmaist |
|
almost |
|
| aaready | awready |
|
almost |
in context |
| aaricht | aricht | awricht |
əˈrıxt |
all right, OK |
in context |
| aataw, ataa, ataw |
|
at all |
in context |
| aathegither | athegither | awthegither |
ˈɑðıˈgıðər |
altogether |
in context |
| aathing | awthin |
ˈɑðın |
everything |
in context |
| aawhaur |
|
everywhere |
|
| aback | abak |
əˈbak |
back away, behind, to the back of |
in context |
| abade |
aˈbed |
abide |
|
| abais |
aˈbes |
abashed |
|
| abandoun |
|
abandon |
|
| abee |
ɑˈbi |
as it is, alone |
|
| abeelitie | abeilitie |
|
ability |
|
| abeich | abeech | abiegh |
əˈbix |
aloof |
|
| abi’s | abeis | abees |
|
compared with |
|
| abile |
|
boiling |
in context |
| ablins |
|
perhaps, possibly |
|
| aich | ach | och |
əx |
expression of surprise, sorrow etc |
|
| ablach |
ˈabləx |
a mangled carcass |
in context |
| ablo | ablow |
|
below |
|
| aboil |
əˈbəil |
at or on boiling point |
|
| aboon | abune | abuin | aboun |
abun |
above, up |
in context |
| aboot |
|
about |
in context |
| hereaboot |
|
around about here |
in context |
| abraid |
|
abroad |
|
| abread |
|
abroad. |
|
| abreed |
|
in breadth. |
|
| abreest | abreist |
|
abreast |
|
| absteen |
|
abstain |
|
| abuise |
əˈbøs |
abuse |
|
| accoont |
|
account |
in context |
| accuistom |
|
accustom |
|
| ach | och |
ax |
expressing sorrow, pain, resignation, weariness or exasperation - it's all in the tone and attitude |
in context |
| ackwart |
|
awkward |
|
| acquent | acquant |
əˈkwant |
acquaint |
in context |
| acquentit |
|
acquainted |
|
| acker |
|
acre |
|
| actioun |
əˈdø |
action, lay a charge against, civil or criminal |
in context |
| adae | ado | adow |
əˈdø |
going on, being done, the matter with |
in context |
| admeet | admeet |
|
admit |
|
| admoneis | admonis |
|
admonish |
|
| adveece |
ədˈvəis |
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 |
ˈe |
numeral one, the only one, any |
|
| ae day | yin day |
|
one day |
|
| aefauld |
ˈeˈfɑld |
honest, faithful |
|
| aefauldlie |
|
sincerely |
|
| af | aff |
|
off |
in context |
| afgaun |
|
departure, death even |
|
| afeard | aferde |
əˈfird |
alarmed, afraid |
in context |
| afen | aften |
|
often |
in context |
| aff luif | aff-lufe | aff-loof |
|
off-hand |
|
| af an on aboot |
|
approximately |
|
| aff o |
|
away from |
|
| aff-hand |
|
at once |
|
| afore |
əˈfor |
before, in front of |
in context |
| aft | affen | aften |
|
oft, often |
in context |
| affuird |
|
afford |
|
| agen | agane | agin |
|
again |
in context |
| age's wi |
|
the same age as… |
|
| agill |
|
agile, nimble |
|
| agin |
|
against |
in context |
| agley | aglay | aglee |
əˈgli |
off the straight, awry |
|
| agrouf |
əˈgruf |
face downward |
|
| ah'd |
ad |
I would |
in context |
| aheid |
|
ahead |
|
| ahint | ahent | ahin |
aˈhɪnt |
remaining, behind, to the rear, following |
in context |
| ah'll |
al |
I will |
in context |
| ah'm |
am |
I'm |
in context |
| ahn |
an |
and |
in context |
| ah've |
av |
I have |
in context |
| aiblins |
ˈeblɪnz |
perhaps |
|
| aicht | echt | aucht | eicht | aught | eicht |
ɛxt |
numeral eight |
in context |
| aichteen | echteen | auchteen | eichteen | aughteen | eichteen |
ɛxt |
numeral eight |
in context |
| aidle |
|
liquid manure, foul water |
|
| aige | adge |
|
age |
|
| aigle |
|
eagle |
|
| aik |
|
oak |
|
| aiken |
|
oaken |
|
| ail |
|
ail |
|
| ain | ane |
|
own, belonging to myself |
in context |
| ainerly | ainly |
|
only |
in context |
| my ainsel | ainsell |
|
emphatically me myself |
|
| ainimal |
|
animal |
|
| aiple, epple | appil |
ɛpl |
apple |
in context |
| air |
|
air, atmosphere, a teeny tiny bit |
|
| air |
|
an oar, early, heir |
|
| airch | erch |
|
take aim, arch |
|
| airieplane |
|
aeroplane |
|
| airle |
|
earnest money |
|
| airm | erm |
ɛrm |
arm |
in context |
| airmie |
|
army |
|
| airmour |
|
armour |
in context |
| airn |
ɛrn |
iron |
|
| airt | art |
|
aim, direction, direct |
in context |
| re-airt |
|
redirect |
in context |
| airts | airtins |
|
(web) link, links |
|
| airticle |
ɛrtɪkl |
article |
|
| airtit |
|
directed, linked |
|
| airts |
|
directions |
|
| aishan |
|
issue |
|
| aisle-tuith | assle-tuith |
ˈeslˈtøθ |
molar tooth, bicuspid |
in context |
| ait |
|
oat |
|
| aith |
|
oath |
|
| aither | ether | ayther |
ˈeðər |
either |
|
| aiven |
|
even |
|
| aiven on |
|
even, straight, right |
|
| aiver |
ˈevər |
an old horse |
|
| aix |
ɛks |
axe |
in context |
| aixle |
|
axle |
|
| aizle |
ˈezl |
ember, spark, cinder |
|
| ajee | agee |
əˈdʒi |
off the straight, ajar, disturbed of mind |
|
| akis | acause |
|
because |
|
| alagrugous |
ɑlɛ′gru:gs |
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). |
in context |
| alairm |
əˈlerəm |
alarm |
in context |
| alake |
|
alas |
|
| alane |
|
alone |
in context |
| alanerllie | allanerly |
|
single, solely, solitary |
|
| alang |
əˈlaŋ |
along |
in context |
| alenth |
|
onward |
|
| alicht |
əˈlixt |
dismount |
|
| aliment |
|
support claimed from another |
|
| aller |
|
alder tree |
|
| allerish |
|
uncanny, weird |
|
| allou | alloo |
|
allow |
in context |
| almichty |
alˈmixtɪ |
the almighty |
|
| alowe | alunt |
|
alight, set on fire |
|
| amaist | almaist |
aˈmest |
almost |
|
| amang | amo |
|
among |
|
| ambeetious | ambeitious |
|
ambitious |
|
| amens |
|
amends |
|
| Americae | Amerikie |
|
America |
|
| amissin |
|
missing |
|
| amna | amni |
|
am not |
in context |
| amoont |
|
amount |
in context |
| amshach | hamshoch |
|
misfortune, an accident |
|
| an |
|
and, if |
|
| an aa | an aw | an' a' | anaw |
anɑ |
also, as well, too |
in context |
| an aa that | an aw that |
anɑðat |
and all that sort of thing |
|
| an that |
|
and so on etcetera |
|
| ance | aince | wance | yince |
|
once |
in context |
| ance eerant | ance eirrant |
|
specially for that alone |
|
| ane | ain | yin |
en |
one |
|
| anes | een | yin |
in |
ones |
in context |
| ane anither |
|
one another |
in context |
| aneath | aneith | aneeth | anaeth |
əˈniθ |
beneath |
in context |
| aneist |
əˈnist |
nearest or next to |
|
| anent |
|
over against, opposite, about |
|
| anither |
|
another |
in context |
| 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 |
aˈpen |
by chance |
|
| apert |
|
bold, boldly |
|
| apprise |
əˈpraɪz |
appraise |
|
| Apryle | Aprile |
|
April |
|
| aqua-fontis |
|
spring water |
|
| aqua-vitae |
|
whisky (water of life) |
|
| arenae |
|
are not |
|
| argie | airgie |
|
argue |
in context |
| ark | airk |
|
chest |
|
| arle |
|
token cash in advance for services |
|
| arnae |
ɪrnɪ |
are not, aren't |
|
| argie | airgie |
|
argue |
in context |
| argie-bargie |
ˈargɪˈbargɪ |
a quarrel |
|
| aricht | awricht |
əˈrɪxt |
aright |
|
| ark | airk |
|
chest |
|
| arle | arl | erle |
|
an earnest |
|
| arnit | arnut |
|
earth nut |
|
| aroun, aroon |
|
approximately, around about |
in context |
| arr | aur |
|
a scar |
|
| arrae | arra |
|
arrow |
in context |
| arreist |
əˈrist |
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 |
əˈsklɛnt |
aslant, askew |
|
| ase | ass | aise |
|
ashes, woodash |
|
| ashet |
|
serving dish |
|
| aside | asyde |
|
beside, close by |
in context |
| aspar |
|
aspread |
|
| asteer | asteir |
əˈstir |
astir, in a commotion |
|
| astragal |
|
glazing bar |
|
| ats |
|
that is |
in context |
| at ane mair |
|
at the last push |
|
| athin |
əˈθɪn |
within |
|
| Athole brose |
|
oatmeal, water, honey and whisky mix. I have a recipe for Athole Brose here |
|
| athoot, ithoot, athout |
əˈθut |
without |
in context |
| athort | athourt |
|
across, over |
|
| athwart |
|
across |
|
| at onesel |
|
in a calm state |
|
| ater | attir |
|
pus |
|
| atterie | attery |
|
infested, grim, malignant |
in context |
| atweel | atweill |
əˈtwil |
indeed, in any case, in truth |
|
| atween | atwein |
əˈtwin |
between (place or time) |
|
| atweesh | atweish |
əˈtwin |
atwixt |
|
| aucht | aicht | echt |
ɑxt |
due, owed, be incumbent upon |
|
| aught |
|
possessed of |
|
| aughimuty |
|
mean, paltrty |
|
| aughteen | eichteen |
|
numeral eighteen |
|
| aughtlins |
|
at all |
|
| auld | aul | aal | ald |
|
old |
in context |
| 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 |
in context |
| ava |
|
at all, without stopping |
in context |
| avaunt |
|
away |
|
| aw |
|
all |
in context |
| awa |
əˈwɑ |
away, along, ago |
in context |
| awa aff |
|
leaving |
|
| awa by |
|
at home, off home |
|
| awaird | awerd |
|
award |
|
| awald | avald |
ˈɑwəlt |
on one's back and stuck |
|
| awauk |
|
awake |
|
| awaur |
əˈwɑr |
aware |
|
| awe | aw |
|
owe |
|
| aweel |
əˈwil |
agreeable prelude to a remark |
|
| awesome |
|
awful |
|
| awfu | awfae | awfie | awfy |
ˈɑfə |
awfully, very |
in context |
| awfu | awfae | awfie | awfy |
ˈɑfə |
awful, horrible, terrible |
in context |
| awhile | awhilie |
|
a short period of time |
in context |
| a-whummel |
|
upsides down |
|
| awkart |
|
awkward |
|
| awn |
|
own (belongs to) |
|
| awnie |
|
bearded, having barley awns |
|
| awricht |
|
allright, OK |
in context |
| awry |
ˈɑrə |
gone unexpectedly wrong |
in context |
| ay | aye |
|
yes (aye has lots of meanings from yes to hello to always) |
in context |
| aye | ey |
|
always, still |
in context |
| ayebydin |
|
constant |
|
| ayewis |
ɑɪˈwɪz |
always |
in context |
| aynd |
end |
breath, breathe |
|
| ayont |
əˈjont |
beyond |
|
| ayout |
|
across |
|
Scottish Words Glossary: A from A-Z