scots

«scots» in Mova's school dictionary: from Scotland or about Scotland's people — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (Scots); noun (Scots — a language; the Scots — the people of Scotland)

meaning for a pupil

1) Scots means from Scotland or about Scotland's people. tree →

2) Scots is a language spoken in Scotland, close to English, with many of its own words. tree →

3) The Scots are the people of Scotland. tree →

sense in the lessons

Geography and history: Scotland is part of the UK, in the north of Great Britain. Language: Scots words such as «wee» (small), «bairn» (child), «ken» (know); Robert Burns wrote poems in Scots. Gaelic is a different language also spoken in Scotland. Phrases: the Scots language, a Scots word, Scots pine.

examples

• Many Scots live in Glasgow and Edinburgh. tree →
• «Wee» is a Scots word for small. tree →
• Robert Burns wrote poems in Scots. tree →
• The Scots pine is a tall tree. tree →
• My grandad speaks Scots and English. tree →
• The Scots celebrate Burns Night with haggis. tree →
• The original is in broad Scots, which I have anglicised. tree →

note

Always a capital S. Use «Scots» for people and language, «Scottish» for most other things (Scottish food, Scottish football). Avoid «Scotch» for people — it is mostly used for whisky and things like Scotch eggs. Scots is not the same as Scottish Gaelic.

In the corpora

• "Stop." Just one word?» (ken means know in Scots).
• In Scots, "dreich" describes grey, damp, gloomy weather, and "pure" can mean very.
• In Scots «pure sound» means really nice and a «nippy sweetie» is someone sharp-tongued.
• He's raging (Scots for furious), then starts doing chores to earn a new one.
• In Edinburgh, Otto's dad hardly talks, but every Sunday he takes Otto fishing by the loch (Scots for lake).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «scots» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.