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.
- "Come and dance, ye lads and lasses!"
- (Geordie, Mackem) A sweetheart.
Usage notes
Still prevalent in Scottish English, Irish English, and Northern English dialects such as Geordie (Tyneside), Mackem (Wearside), County Durham, Northumberland, Teesside and Yorkshire. Sometimes used poetically in other dialects of English.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:girl
Derived terms
Translations
a young woman or girl
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sweetheart — see sweetheart
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.
- “lass” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.
- Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin,
- The New Geordie Dictionary, Frank Graham, 1987, →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,
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /las/
- Rhymes: -as
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German *los, variant of lōs (“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): /lɑs/
- Rhymes: -ɑs
Declension
declension of lass
number and gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | hien ass lass | si ass lass | et ass lass | si si(nn) lass | |
without article | nominative/accusative | lassen | lass | lasst | lass |
dative | lassem | lasser | lassem | lassen | |
with article | nominative/accusative | lassen | lass | lasst | lass |
dative | lassen | lasser | lassen | lassen |
Derived terms
- lassgoen
- lassloossen
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