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irish | scots |

As nouns the difference between irish and scots

is that irish is (as plural) the irish people while scots is scots (the language spoken in scotland).

As a proper noun irish

is the goidelic language indigenous to ireland, also known as irish gaelic.

As an adjective irish

is pertaining to or originating from ireland or the irish people.

irish

English

(wikipedia Irish)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • The Goidelic language indigenous to Ireland, also known as Irish Gaelic.
    • Irish is the first official and national language of Ireland
  • (surname)

    • Derived terms

    * Ulster Irish * Munster Irish * Connacht Irish

    Noun

    (-)
  • (as plural) The Irish people.
  • (obsolete) A board game of the tables family.
  • (US) Temper; anger, passion.
  • * 1834 , (David Crockett), A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett , Nebraska (1987), page 65:
    • But her Irish was up too high to do any thing with her, and so I quit trying.
  • * 1947 , Hy Heath, John Lange, (Clancy Lowered the Boom) :
    • Whenever he got his Irish up, Clancy lowered the boom.
  • *
  • whiskey, or whisky, elaborated in Ireland.
  • * 1889 , , (Three Men In A Boat) :
    • Harris said he'd had enough oratory for one night, and proposed that we should go out and have a smile, saying that he had found a place, round by the square, where you could really get a drop of Irish worth drinking.

    Usage notes

    * Use Irishman or Irishwoman for one singular person.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people.
    • Sheep are typical in the Irish landscape.
  • Pertaining to the Irish language.
  • (derogatory) nonsensical, daft or complex.
    • "A number of derogatory nicknames began to emerge, including "Irish confetti" for thrown bricks, and "Irish kiss" for a slap" (Wisegeek.com)

    Derived terms

    * Irish coffee * Irish cream * Irishly * Irish slam * Irish joke

    See also

    * Erse * Gaelic * (ga) * Language list

    External links

    * Irish–English Dictionary]: from [http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/ Webster’s Dictionary — the Rosetta Edition. *

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    scots

    English

    (wikipedia Scots)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A Germanic language closely related to English and descended from northern dialects of Middle English, spoken in parts of , now especially in the central, northeastern and southern regions of the country.

    • Synonyms

    * Lallans

    See also

    * (sco) * Ullans

    Noun

    (head) (p)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Scottish

    • External links

    * * * (Scots language) * (Ulster Scots)

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