lassie

See also: Lassie

English

Etymology

Diminutive of lass.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlæsi/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -æsi

Noun

lassie (plural lassies)

1. (chiefly Scotland, Northern England, Tyneside, Northumbria) A young girl, a lass, especially one seen as a sweetheart.
   • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, H.L. Brækstad, transl., Folk and Fairy Tales, page 27:

     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.

   • 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide

     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.

   • 1994 [1993], Irvine Welsh, “Bang to Rites”, in Trainspotting, London: Minerva, →ISBN, page 220:

     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.

   • 2012, “Green Grow the Rushes”, performed by Celtic Woman:

     Green grow the rushes, oh
     Green grow the rushes, oh
     The sweetest hours that e'er I spent
     Are spent among the lassies, oh

Translations

young girl

• Bulgarian: девойка (bg) (devojka), любима (bg) (ljubima)
• Catalan: noia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 姑娘 (zh), 妹子 (zh)

• Finnish: pikkutyttö (fi), tyttönen (fi), typykkä (fi)
• Irish: cailín (ga) m, gearrchaile m, girseach f, ógbhean f
• Russian: девчо́нка (ru) f (devčónka), девчу́шка (ru) f (devčúška)

See also

• lad

References

• Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[1]

Anagrams

• Alesis, Alessi, Elissa, aisles, laisse, sailes, slaies

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Finnish

Etymology

After English Lassie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑsːie/, [ˈlɑs̠ːie̞]
• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑsːiː/, [ˈlɑs̠ːiː]
• Rhymes: -ɑsːie
• Syllabification^(key): las‧si‧e

Noun

lassie

1. (colloquial) rough collie (breed of dog)

Declension

Inflection of lassie (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation)
nominative		lassie	lassiet
genitive		lassien	lassieiden lassieitten
partitive		lassieta	lassieita
illative		lassieen	lassieihin
		singular	plural
nominative		lassie	lassiet
accusative	nom.	lassie	lassiet
	gen.	lassien
genitive		lassien	lassieiden lassieitten
partitive		lassieta	lassieita
inessive		lassiessa	lassieissa
elative		lassiesta	lassieista
illative		lassieen	lassieihin
adessive		lassiella	lassieilla
ablative		lassielta	lassieilta
allative		lassielle	lassieille
essive		lassiena	lassieina
translative		lassieksi	lassieiksi
instructive		—	lassiein
abessive		lassietta	lassieitta
comitative		—	lassieineen

Possessive forms of lassie (type valtio)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	lassieni	lassiemme
2nd person	lassiesi	lassienne
3rd person	lassiensa

Synonyms

• pitkäkarvainen collie
• skotlanninpaimenkoira

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Scots

Etymology

Middle English, probably of North Germanic origin and related to Old Norse laskwa (“unmarried”) (feminine adjective), but of unknown ultimate origin.

Noun

lassie (plural lassies)

1. A young girl, a lass.