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lass
English
Etymology
From Middle English lasse, from Old Norse laskura (“an unmarried woman, maiden”). Cognate with Scots lassie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /læs/
- Rhymes: -æs
Noun
lass (plural lasses)
- (archaic in some dialects, informal) A young woman or girl.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:girl
- Coordinate term: lad
- (Tyneside, Mackem) A sweetheart.
Usage notes
Still prevalent in Scottish English, Irish English, North East England, and Yorkshire. Sometimes used poetically in other dialects of English.
Derived terms
- buffer lass
- hallelujah lass
- lasslorn
Related terms
- lad
- lassie
Translations
References
- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ?ISBN
- lass in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “lass”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [1]
- Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, ?ISBN
- A List of words and phrases in everyday use by the natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham, F.M.T.Palgrave, English Dialect Society vol.74, 1896, [2]
Anagrams
- SALs, SASL, sals
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /las/
- Rhymes: -as
Verb
lass
- singular imperative of lassen
- (colloquial) first-person singular present of lassen
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German *los, variant of l?s (“loose; free; lacking; sly, deceitful”). Compare for the short vowel Ripuarian Central Franconian loss, Dutch los. The uninflected stem of this adjective develops regularly into Luxembourgish lass, while the inflected stem yields the doublet lues (“slow, quiet”). See the English cognate loose for more.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l?s/
- Rhymes: -?s
Adjective
lass (masculine lassen, neuter lasst, comparative méi lass, superlative am lassten)
- loose, unattached
Declension
Derived terms
- lassgoen
- lassloossen
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English los, from Old English los.
Noun
lass
- loss
References
- Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN
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lads
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /lædz/
- Rhymes: -ædz
Noun
lads
- plural of lad
- (Northern England, Tyneside, Ireland) A group of friends, regardless of gender. Often the lads.
- 1998, Tom Stoppard. The Real Inspector Hound
- Me and the lads have had a meeting in the bar and decided it's first-class family entertainment.
- 2000, Marie Jones. Stones In His Pockets
- I loved saying lads . . . like I was a comrade . . . like I was one of them ... me and the lads . . . alright lads, eh ... Italy, no problem .
- 1998, Tom Stoppard. The Real Inspector Hound
References
- Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, ?ISBN
Anagrams
- ADLs, ADSL, ALDS, DALs, LDAs, dals
Danish
Noun
lads n
- indefinite genitive singular of lad
- indefinite genitive plural of lad
Latgalian
Noun
lads m
- ice
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