Dictionary

lassie en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈlæsi/

Etymology

From lass + -ie.

Meanings

1. (Geordie, Northern-England, Northumbria, Scotland) A young girl, a lass, especially one seen as a sweetheart.
   • It was the day of warlocks and apparitions, now happily driven out by the zeal of the General Assembly. Witches pursued their wanchancy calling, bairns were spirited away, young lassies selled their souls to the Evil One, and the Accuser of the Brethren, in the shape of a black tyke, was seen about cottage doors in the gloaming. 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
   • I had been on a message for my father, and was walking home along the road, when I saw a tall, fine lassie coming over the bogland on the right hand side of the road. 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 27:
   • Green grow the rushes, oh Green grow the rushes, oh The sweetest hours that e'er I spent Are spent among the lassies, oh 2012, “Green Grow the Rushes”, performed by Celtic Woman:
   • She was caught in this git-a-man, git-a-bairn, git-a-hoose shite that lassies git drummed intae them, and hud nae real chance ay defining hersel ootside ay they mashed-tattie-fir-brains terms ay reference. 1994 [1993], Irvine Welsh, “Bang to Rites”, in Trainspotting, London: Minerva, →ISBN, page 220:

Forms

Deriveds

lassiehood

Relateds

lad

Translations (19)

sv tös (young girl) · ga cailín (young girl) · ga ógbhean (young girl) · ga girseach (young girl) · sv jänta (young girl) · bg любима (young girl) · fi typykkä (young girl) · ca noia (young girl) · ru девчу́шка (young girl) · fi pikkutyttö (young girl) · cmn 妹子 (young girl) · fi tyttönen (young girl) · ru девчо́нка (young girl) · bg девойка (young girl) · ga gearrchaile (young girl) · es muchacha (young girl) · cmn 姑娘 (young girl) · sv tösabit (young girl) · es jovencita (young girl)