Unit 7, Appendix 6, Most commonly used words


Most commonly used words in Scots and English

Verbs are given in their infinitive form in Scots (fir tae pley) and in English (to play).

A

I

feather

feather

fir tae coont

to count

ye (ya – accusitory)

you (singular)

hair

hair

fir tae say

to say

he

he

heid

head

fir tae sing

to sing

we

we

lug

ear

fir tae pley

to play

yees

you (plural)

ee

eye

fir tae float

to float

they

they

neb

nose

fir tae flow

to flow

iss

this

mooth

mouth

fir tae freeze

to freeze

at

that

tuith

tooth

fir tae sweel

to swell

here

here

tung

tongue (organ)

sun

sun

there

there

fingernail, fingerhorn

fingernail

mune

moon

wha

who

fit

foot

ster

star

whit

what

leg, shank

leg

watter

water

whaur

where

knap

knee

rain

rain

whan

when

haun

hand

burn, watter

river

hou

how

wing

wing

loch

lake

no

not

wame

belly

watter

sea

aw

all

guts, grailloch, haggis

guts

saut

salt

monie

many

hause, craig

neck

stane

stone

some

some

back

back

saun

sand

no monie

few

breist

breast

stoor

dust

ither

other

hairt

heart

yird

earth

ane/ae een, yin | wan

one

liver

liver

clood

cloud

twa

two

fir tae drink

to drink

haar

fog

thrie

three

fir tae eat

to eat

luft

sky

fower

four

fir tae bite

to bite

wind

wind

five

five

fir tae sook

to suck

snaw

snow

muckle

big

fir tae grogger

to spit

ice

ice

lang

long

fir tae boak

to vomit

reek

smoke

wide

wide

fir tae blaw

to blow

fire

fire

thick

thick

fir tae breath

to breathe

esh

ash

heavy

heavy

fir tae lauch

to laugh

tae burn

to burn

wee, sma

small

fir tae see

to see

gait, wynd, loan

road

short

short

fir tae hear

to hear

moontain

mountain

narra

narrow

fir tae ken, fir tae knaw

to know

rid, reid

red

thin

thin

fir tae hink

to think

green

green

wumman

woman

fir tae smell

to smell

yilla

yellow

man

man (adult male)

fir tae be feart

to fear

white

white

man

man (human being)

fir tae sleep

to sleep

black

black

bairn, wean, cheil

child

fir tae live

to live

nicht

night

wife, wifie, guidwife

wife

fir tae dee

to die

day

day

guidman

husband

fir tae kull

to kill

year

year

mither

mother

fir tae fecht

to fight

warm

warm

faither

father

fir tae hunt

to hunt

cauld

cold

craeture

animal

fir tae hit

to hit

full

full

fish

fish

fir tae cut

to cut

new

new

burd

bird

fir tae sinner

to split

auld

old

dug

dog

fir tae stab, fir tae plunge

to stab

guid

good

loose

louse

fir tae scrit

to scratch

bad, shan

bad

snake, esp

snake

fir tae dig

to dig

foostie

rotten

wurm

worm

fir tae swoom

to swim

maukit, manky

dirty

tree

tree

fir tae flee

to fly

strecht

straight

wids

forest

fir tae walk

to walk

roond

round

stick

stick

fir tae come

to come

shairp

sharp (as a knife)

fruit

fruit

fir tae lig

to lie (as in a bed)

blint

dull (as a knife)

seed, kern

seed

fir tae sit

to sit

smuith

smooth

leaf

leaf

fir tae staun

to stand

weet

wet

ruit

root

fir tae birl

to turn (intransitive)

dry

dry

bark

bark (of a tree)

fir tae faw

to fall

richt

correct

flooer

flower

fir tae gie

to give

near

near

gress, girss

grass

fir tae haud

to hold

faur

far

rape

rope

fir tae squeeze

to squeeze

richt

right

skin

skin

fir tae rub

to rub

left

left

maet

meat

fir tae wash

to wash

at

at

bluid

blood

fir tae dicht

to wipe

in

in

bane

bone

fir tae pull

to pull

wi

with

fat, creash

fat (noun)

fir tae push

to push

an

and

egg

egg

fir tae fling

to throw

gif, gin

if

horn

horn

fir tae tie

to tie

acause

because

tail

tail

fir tae sew

to sew

nemm

name


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