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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scots/#m1)

2) Scots is a language spoken in Scotland, close to English, with many of its own words. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scots/#m2)

3) The Scots are the people of Scotland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scots/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scots/#x1)
- «Wee» is a Scots word for small. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scots/#x2)
- Robert Burns wrote poems in Scots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scots/#x3)
- The Scots pine is a tall tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scots/#x4)
- My grandad speaks Scots and English. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scots/#x5)
- The Scots celebrate Burns Night with haggis. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scots/#x6)
- The original is in broad Scots, which I have anglicised. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scots/#x7)

### 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).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/26-sentences-capital-letters-full-stops-and-the-four-types/9/)
- [In Scots, "dreich" describes grey, damp, gloomy weather, and "pure" can mean very.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words/14/)
- [In Scots «pure sound» means really nice and a «nippy sweetie» is someone sharp-tongued.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group/17/)
- [He's raging (Scots for furious), then starts doing chores to earn a new one.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/490-comfortable-families-enough-but-not-everything/19/)
- [In Edinburgh, Otto's dad hardly talks, but every Sunday he takes Otto fishing by the loch (Scots for lake).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/495-cold-parents-always-on-the-phone/26/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «scots» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scots/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.