See lass on Wiktionary
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Is it ſo braue a Laſſe? / Cal[iban]. I [i.e., aye] Lord, ſhe vvill become thy bed, I vvarrant, / And bring thee forth braue brood.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv], page 292, column 2:", "text": "This is the prettieſt Lovv-borne Laſſe, that euer / Ran on the greene-ſord: […]", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1678, J[ohn] Ray, “An Alphabet of Joculatory, Nugatory and Rustick Proverbs”, in A Collection of English Proverbs […], 2nd edition, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] John Hayes, printer to the University, for W. Morden, →OCLC, pages 80–81:", "text": "The laſs i' th' red petticoat ſhall pay for all. Young men anſvver ſo vvhen they are chid for being ſo prodigal and expenſive, meaning they vvill get a vvife vvith a good portion, that ſhall pay for it.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1722 (indicated as 1721), [Daniel Defoe], The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, &c. […], London: […] W[illiam Rufus] Chetwood, […]; and T. Edling, […], published 1722, →OCLC, page 8:", "text": "[P]ray vvhich is the little Laſs that intends to be a Gentlevvoman?", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1777 May 8 (first performance), [Richard Brinsley Sheridan], The School for Scandal; a Comedy; […], Dublin: [s.n.], published 1780, →OCLC, Act III, scene [ii], page 40:", "text": "Let the toaſt paſs, drink to the laſs, / I vvarrant ſhe'll find an excuſe for the glaſs.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1799–1805 (date written), William Wordsworth, “Book VIII. Retrospect.—Love of Nature Leading to Love of Man.”, in The Prelude, or Growth of a Poet’s Mind; an Autobiographical Poem, London: Edward Moxon, […], published 1850, →OCLC, page 208:", "text": "But one there is, the loveliest of them all, / Some sweet lass of the valley, looking out / For gains, and who that sees her would not buy?", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "[1819, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], chapter XI, in Tales of My Landlord, Third Series. […], volume I (The Bride of Lammermoor), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, pages 309–310:", "text": "[S]he was the bonniest lass in our parochine and the neest till't.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1892, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Black Andie’s Tale of Tod Lapraik”, in Catriona, London; Edinburgh: Thomas Nelson & Sons, →OCLC, page 172:", "text": "He was fond of a lass and fond of a glass, and fond of a ran-dan; […]", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1952 February, H[enry] C[yril] Casserley, “Permanent Wayfarings”, in The Railway Magazine, London: Tothill Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 77:", "text": "My audience to this not-too-easy operation was a small group of Scottish school lasses, who seemed (perhaps naturally) to find the proceedings somewhat mysterious, but at any rate amusing. I wished they would go away, but they didn't, so I had to get on with the job to the accompaniment of a background of giggles!", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "A girl; also (by extension), a young woman." ], "id": "en-lass-en-noun-oZDEPwpM", "links": [ [ "girl", "girl#Noun" ], [ "young", "young#Adjective" ], [ "woman", "woman#Noun" ] ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "girl" }, { "word": "woman" } ] }, { "categories": [ { "_dis": "1 32 0 35 31", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "1 22 1 40 37", "kind": "other", "name": "Entries with translation boxes", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "0 13 0 13 10 1 5 18 15 21 1 2 1", "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with 6 entries", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "1 22 1 38 38", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Danish translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "1 27 1 37 34", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with French translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "1 25 1 37 35", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with German translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "1 25 1 36 36", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Russian translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "1 29 1 36 34", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Spanish translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "1 30 1 35 33", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Welsh translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "10 35 0 36 19", "kind": "topical", "langcode": "en", "name": "Female people", "orig": "en:Female people", "parents": [ "Female", "People", "Gender", "Human", "Biology", "Psychology", "Sociology", "All topics", "Sciences", "Social sciences", "Fundamental", "Society" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "examples": [ { "ref": "1905, [George] Bernard Shaw, “Major Barbara”, in John Bull’s Other Island and Major Barbara: Also How He Lied to Her Husband, London: Archibald Constable & Co., published 1907, →OCLC, Act II, page 216:", "text": "Jenny Hill, a pale, overwrought, pretty Salvation lass of 18, comes in through the yard gate, leading Peter Shirley, a half hardened, half worn-out elderly man, weak with hunger.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "A girl; also (by extension), a young woman.", "A female member of the Salvation Army; a hallelujah lass." ], "id": "en-lass-en-noun-lhAfQtUg", "links": [ [ "girl", "girl#Noun" ], [ "young", "young#Adjective" ], [ "woman", "woman#Noun" ], [ "female", "female#Adjective" ], [ "member", "member#Noun" ], [ "Salvation Army", "Salvation Army" ], [ "hallelujah lass", "hallelujah lass" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "A girl; also (by extension), a young woman.", "(specifically) A female member of the Salvation Army; a hallelujah lass." ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "girl" }, { "word": "woman" } ], "tags": [ "specifically" ] }, { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "Geordie English", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Wearside English", "parents": [], "source": "w" } ], "examples": [ { "ref": "1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, stanza 14, page 388:", "text": "But firſt him ſeemed fit, that vvounded Knight / To viſite, after this nights perillous paſſe, / And to ſalute him, if he vvere in plight, / And eke [also] that Lady his faire louely laſſe.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii], page 205, column 2:", "text": "It vvas a Louer, and his laſſe, / VVith a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino, / That o're the greene corne feild did paſſe, / In the ſpring time, the onely pretty rang [ring] time, / VVhen Birds do ſing, hey ding a ding, ding.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1697, Virgil, “The Third Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 106, lines 329–330 and 333–336:", "text": "The youthfull Bull muſt vvander in the VVood; / Behind the Mountain, or beyond the Flood: / […] / VVith tvvo fair Eyes his Miſtreſs burns his Breaſt; / He looks, and languiſhes, and leaves his Reſt; / Forſakes his Food, and pining for the Laſs, / Is joyleſs of the Grove, and ſpurns the grovving graſs.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1785, William Cowper, “Book I. The Sofa.”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC, page 3:", "text": "There might ye ſee the pioney ſpread vvide, / The full-blovvn roſe, the ſhepherd and his laſs, / Lap-dog and lambkin vvith black ſtaring eyes, / And parrots vvith tvvin cherries in their beak.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1889, J[ames] M[atthew] Barrie, “Leeby and Jamie”, in A Window in Thrums, London: Hodder and Stoughton, […], →OCLC, page 166:", "text": "The love Leeby bore for Jamie was such that in their younger days it shamed him. 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supper, for it will maybe not be so well to speak about it while that long-eared rogue of a maidservant is going capering in and out of the room.", "ref": "1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], chapter VI, in Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume III, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […], →OCLC, page 101:", "text": "[…] I'll tell ye that after we are done wi' our supper, for it will may be no be sae weel to speak about it while that lang-lugged limmer o' a lass is gaun flisking in and out o' the room.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "[1824 June, [Walter Scott], “Letter XI. The Same [Darsie Latimer] to the Same [Alan Fairford].”, in Redgauntlet, […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, page 234:", "text": "[S]ure aneugh, the lass washed clottered blood aff the carpet the neist day.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "[1927 July, John Buchan, “The Black Wood by Day”, in Witch Wood, London: Hodder and Stoughton, published August 1927, →OCLC, page 90:", "text": "She fleyed Johnnie awa' frae the door when he was for daffin' wi' the serving lasses.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "A female servant; a maid, a maidservant." ], "id": "en-lass-en-noun-sVnJ713z", "links": [ [ "servant", "servant#Noun" ], [ "maid", "maid#Noun" ], [ "maidservant", "maidservant" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(Northern England, Scotland) A female servant; a maid, a maidservant." ], "tags": [ "Northern-England", "Scotland" ] }, { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "Scottish English", "parents": [], 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/ Till a' the ſeas gang dry.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “A Pleasant Day, with an Unpleasant Termination”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC, page 188:", "text": "\"Hi, Juno, lass—hi, old girl; down, Daph, down,\" said Wardle, caressing the dogs.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "A term of address for a woman, or a female animal." ], "id": "en-lass-en-noun-UykgvSbt", "links": [ [ "term of address", "term of address#English" ], [ "animal", "animal#Noun" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(Scotland, familiar) A term of address for a woman, or a female animal." ], "tags": [ "Scotland", "familiar" ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "18 21 0 24 36", "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "صبية" }, { "_dis1": "18 21 0 24 36", "code": "br", "lang": "Breton", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "word": "merc'h" }, { "_dis1": "18 21 0 24 36", "code": "br", "lang": "Breton", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "word": "plac'h" }, { "_dis1": "18 21 0 24 36", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "moma", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "мома" }, { "_dis1": "18 21 0 24 36", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "devojka", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "девойка" }, { "_dis1": "18 21 0 24 36", "code": "ceb", "lang": "Cebuano", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "word": "dalaga" }, { "_dis1": "18 21 0 24 36", "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "děvenka" }, { "_dis1": "18 21 0 24 36", "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "děvče" }, { "_dis1": "18 21 0 24 36", "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "dívka" }, { "_dis1": "18 21 0 24 36", "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "girl 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Is it ſo braue a Laſſe? / Cal[iban]. I [i.e., aye] Lord, ſhe vvill become thy bed, I vvarrant, / And bring thee forth braue brood.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv], page 292, column 2:", "text": "This is the prettieſt Lovv-borne Laſſe, that euer / Ran on the greene-ſord: […]", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1678, J[ohn] Ray, “An Alphabet of Joculatory, Nugatory and Rustick Proverbs”, in A Collection of English Proverbs […], 2nd edition, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] John Hayes, printer to the University, for W. Morden, →OCLC, pages 80–81:", "text": "The laſs i' th' red petticoat ſhall pay for all. Young men anſvver ſo vvhen they are chid for being ſo prodigal and expenſive, meaning they vvill get a vvife vvith a good portion, that ſhall pay for it.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1722 (indicated as 1721), [Daniel Defoe], The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, &c. […], London: […] W[illiam Rufus] Chetwood, […]; and T. Edling, […], published 1722, →OCLC, page 8:", "text": "[P]ray vvhich is the little Laſs that intends to be a Gentlevvoman?", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1777 May 8 (first performance), [Richard Brinsley Sheridan], The School for Scandal; a Comedy; […], Dublin: [s.n.], published 1780, →OCLC, Act III, scene [ii], page 40:", "text": "Let the toaſt paſs, drink to the laſs, / I vvarrant ſhe'll find an excuſe for the glaſs.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1799–1805 (date written), William Wordsworth, “Book VIII. Retrospect.—Love of Nature Leading to Love of Man.”, in The Prelude, or Growth of a Poet’s Mind; an Autobiographical Poem, London: Edward Moxon, […], published 1850, →OCLC, page 208:", "text": "But one there is, the loveliest of them all, / Some sweet lass of the valley, looking out / For gains, and who that sees her would not buy?", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "[1819, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], chapter XI, in Tales of My Landlord, Third Series. […], volume I (The Bride of Lammermoor), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; Hurst, Robinson, and Co. 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[…], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 106, lines 329–330 and 333–336:", "text": "The youthfull Bull muſt vvander in the VVood; / Behind the Mountain, or beyond the Flood: / […] / VVith tvvo fair Eyes his Miſtreſs burns his Breaſt; / He looks, and languiſhes, and leaves his Reſt; / Forſakes his Food, and pining for the Laſs, / Is joyleſs of the Grove, and ſpurns the grovving graſs.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1785, William Cowper, “Book I. The Sofa.”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC, page 3:", "text": "There might ye ſee the pioney ſpread vvide, / The full-blovvn roſe, the ſhepherd and his laſs, / Lap-dog and lambkin vvith black ſtaring eyes, / And parrots vvith tvvin cherries in their beak.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1889, J[ames] M[atthew] Barrie, “Leeby and Jamie”, in A Window in Thrums, London: Hodder and Stoughton, […], →OCLC, page 166:", "text": "The love Leeby bore for Jamie was such that in their younger days it shamed him. 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[…], volume III, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […], →OCLC, page 101:", "text": "[…] I'll tell ye that after we are done wi' our supper, for it will may be no be sae weel to speak about it while that lang-lugged limmer o' a lass is gaun flisking in and out o' the room.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "[1824 June, [Walter Scott], “Letter XI. The Same [Darsie Latimer] to the Same [Alan Fairford].”, in Redgauntlet, […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, page 234:", "text": "[S]ure aneugh, the lass washed clottered blood aff the carpet the neist day.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "[1927 July, John Buchan, “The Black Wood by Day”, in Witch Wood, London: Hodder and Stoughton, published August 1927, →OCLC, page 90:", "text": "She fleyed Johnnie awa' frae the door when he was for daffin' wi' the serving lasses.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "A female servant; a maid, a maidservant." ], "links": [ [ "servant", "servant#Noun" ], [ "maid", "maid#Noun" ], [ "maidservant", "maidservant" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(Northern England, Scotland) A female servant; a maid, a maidservant." ], "tags": [ "Northern-England", "Scotland" ] }, { "categories": [ "English familiar terms", "English terms with quotations", "Scottish English" ], "examples": [ 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"девойка" }, { "code": "ceb", "lang": "Cebuano", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "word": "dalaga" }, { "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "děvenka" }, { "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "děvče" }, { "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "dívka" }, { "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "tøs" }, { "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "word": "junulino" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "word": "tyttö" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "fillette" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "jeune fille" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Jungfrau" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "Mädchen" }, { "code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "korásion", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "κοράσιον" }, { "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yaldá", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "ילדה" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "word": "leány" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "word": "leányka" }, { "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "cailín" }, { "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "gearrchaile" }, { "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "maighdean" }, { "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "agassi", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "word": "아가씨" }, { "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "devojče", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "девојче" }, { "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "mome", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "моме" }, { "code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "joventa" }, { "code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "tosa" }, { "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "lâku", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "word": "لاکو" }, { "code": "pdt", "lang": "Plautdietsch", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "Mäakjen" }, { "code": "pdt", "lang": "Plautdietsch", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Mejal" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "word": "garota" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "word": "menina" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "word": "rapariga" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "word": "senhorita" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "dévočka", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "де́вочка" }, { "code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "word": "caileag" }, { "code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "word": "nighneag" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "word": "niña" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "flicka" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "jänta" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "tös" }, { "code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "word": "ining" }, { "code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "word": "nene" }, { "code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "word": "neneng" }, { "code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "geneth" }, { "code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "girl — see also girl", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "merch" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "young woman", "word": "neiti" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "young woman", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "demoiselle" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "young woman", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "fille" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "young woman", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "jeune femme" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "young woman", "tags": [ "feminine", "slang" ], "word": "nana" }, { "code": "he", "english": "unmarried", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "'almá", "sense": "young woman", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "עַלְמָה" }, { "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "bakhurá", "sense": "young woman", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "בַּחוּרָה" }, { "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "bat", "sense": "young woman", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "בַּת" }, { "code": "he", "english": "teenage", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "na'ará", "sense": "young woman", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "נַעֲרָה" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "dévuška", "sense": "young woman", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "де́вушка" }, { "code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "young woman", "word": "gruagach" }, { "code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "young woman", "word": "nighean" }, { "code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "young woman", "word": "rìbhinn" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "young woman", "word": "chica" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "young woman", "word": "chiquita" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "young woman", "word": "muchacha" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "young woman", "word": "señorita" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "young woman", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "flicka" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "young woman", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "jänta" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "young woman", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "tös" }, { "code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "young woman", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "merch" }, { "code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "young woman", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "rhiain" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "term of address for a woman, or a female animal", "word": "neiti" } ], "word": "lass" } { "categories": [ "German entries with incorrect language header", "German non-lemma forms", "German verb forms", "Pages with 6 entries", "Pages with entries", "Rhymes:German/as", "Rhymes:German/as/1 syllable" ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "de", "2": "verb form" }, "expansion": "lass", "name": "head" } ], "lang": "German", "lang_code": "de", "pos": "verb", "senses": [ { "form_of": [ { "word": "lassen" } ], "glosses": [ "singular imperative of lassen" ], "links": [ [ "lassen", "lassen#German" ] ], "tags": [ "form-of", "imperative", "singular" ] }, { "categories": [ "German colloquialisms" ], "form_of": [ { "word": "lassen" } ], "glosses": [ "first-person singular present of lassen" ], "links": [ [ "lassen", "lassen#German" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(colloquial) first-person singular present of lassen" ], "tags": [ "colloquial", "first-person", "form-of", "present", "singular" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/las/" }, { "audio": "De-lass.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/58/De-lass.ogg/De-lass.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/De-lass.ogg" }, { "rhymes": "-as" } ], "word": "lass" } { "categories": [ "Pages with 6 entries", "Pages with entries" ], "derived": [ { "word": "lassgoen" }, { "word": "lassloossen" } ], "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "lb", "2": "gmh", "3": "los" }, "expansion": "Middle High German los", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "lb", "2": "goh", "3": "*los" }, "expansion": "Old High German *los", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "gmw-cfr", "2": "loss" }, "expansion": "Central Franconian loss", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "nl", "2": "los" }, "expansion": "Dutch los", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "lb", "2": "", "3": "lass" }, "expansion": "Luxembourgish lass", "name": "m+" } ], "etymology_text": "From Middle High German los, 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.", "forms": [ { "form": "lassen", "tags": [ "masculine" ] }, { "form": "lasst", "tags": [ "neuter" ] }, { "form": "méi lass", "tags": [ "comparative" ] }, { "form": "am lassten", "tags": [ "superlative" ] }, { "form": "no-table-tags", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "table-tags" ] }, { "form": "lb-decl-adj", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "inflection-template" ] }, { "form": "hien ass lass", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "masculine", "predicative", "singular" ] }, { "form": "si ass lass", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "feminine", "predicative", "singular" ] }, { "form": "et ass lass", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "neuter", "predicative", "singular" ] }, { "form": "si si lass", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "plural", "predicative" ] }, { "form": "si sinn lass", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "plural", "predicative" ] }, { "form": "lassen", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "accusative", "attributive", "masculine", "nominative", "singular", "with-determiner" ] }, { "form": "lass", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "accusative", "attributive", "feminine", "nominative", "singular", "with-determiner" ] }, { "form": "lasst", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "accusative", "attributive", "neuter", "nominative", "singular", "with-determiner" ] }, { "form": "lass", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "accusative", "attributive", "nominative", "plural", "with-determiner" ] }, { "form": "lassen", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "accusative", "masculine", "nominative", "singular", "without-determiner" ] }, { "form": "lass", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "accusative", "feminine", "nominative", "singular", "without-determiner" ] }, { "form": "lasses", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "accusative", "neuter", "nominative", "singular", "without-determiner" ] }, { "form": "lasser", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "accusative", "nominative", "plural", "without-determiner" ] }, { "form": "lassen", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "dative", "masculine", "singular", "with-head" ] }, { "form": "lasser", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "dative", "feminine", "singular", "with-head" ] }, { "form": "lassen", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "dative", "neuter", "singular", "with-head" ] }, { "form": "lassen", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "dative", "plural", "with-head" ] }, { "form": "lassem", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "dative", "masculine", "singular" ] }, { "form": "lasser", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "dative", "feminine", "singular" ] }, { "form": "lassem", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "dative", "neuter", "singular" ] }, { "form": "lassen", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "dative", "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "lass (masculine lassen, neuter lasst, comparative méi lass, superlative am lassten)", "name": "lb-adj" } ], "inflection_templates": [ { "args": {}, "name": "lb-decl-adj" } ], "lang": "Luxembourgish", "lang_code": "lb", "pos": "adj", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Luxembourgish adjectives", "Luxembourgish entries with incorrect language header", "Luxembourgish lemmas", "Luxembourgish terms derived from Middle High German", "Luxembourgish terms derived from Old High German", "Luxembourgish terms inherited from Middle High German", "Luxembourgish terms inherited from Old High German", "Pages with 6 entries", "Pages with entries", "Rhymes:Luxembourgish/ɑs", "Rhymes:Luxembourgish/ɑs/1 syllable" ], "glosses": [ "loose, unattached" ], "links": [ [ "loose", "loose" ], [ "unattached", "unattached" ] ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/lɑs/" }, { "rhymes": "-ɑs" } ], "word": "lass" } { "categories": [ "Pages with 6 entries", "Pages with entries" ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "pl", "2": "noun form", "g": "n" }, "expansion": "lass n", "name": "head" } ], "hyphenation": [ "lass" ], "lang": "Polish", "lang_code": "pl", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Pages with 6 entries", "Pages with entries", "Polish 1-syllable words", "Polish entries with incorrect language header", "Polish non-lemma forms", "Polish noun forms", "Polish terms with IPA pronunciation", "Rhymes:Polish/ass", "Rhymes:Polish/ass/1 syllable" ], "form_of": [ { "word": "lasso" } ], "glosses": [ "genitive plural of lasso" ], "links": [ [ "lasso", "lasso#Polish" ] ], "tags": [ "form-of", "genitive", "neuter", "plural" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈlass/" }, { "rhymes": "-ass" } ], "word": "lass" } { "categories": [ "Pages with 6 entries", "Pages with entries", "Swedish doublets", "Swedish entries with incorrect language header", "Swedish lemmas", "Swedish neuter nouns", "Swedish nouns", "Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish", "Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic", "Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish" ], "derived": [ { "english": "carry the main burden; do the heavy lifting [pull the heaviest load]", "word": "dra det tyngsta lasset" }, { "word": "flyttlass" }, { "word": "liten tuva stjälper ofta stort lass" } ], "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "Inherited" }, "expansion": "Inherited", "name": "glossary" }, { "args": { "1": "sv", "2": "gmq-osw", "3": "las", "4": "", "5": "", "g": "", "g2": "", "g3": "", "id": "", "lit": "", "nocat": "", "pos": "", "sc": "", "sort": "", "tr": "", "ts": "" }, "expansion": "Old Swedish las", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "sv", "2": "gmq-osw", "3": "las" }, "expansion": "Inherited from Old Swedish las", "name": "inh+" }, { "args": { "1": "sv", "2": "gem-pro", "3": "*hlaþaną", "4": "", "5": "to load" }, "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną (“to load”)", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "sv", "2": "lada", "3": "last" }, "expansion": "Doublet of lada and last", "name": "doublet" } ], "etymology_text": "Inherited from Old Swedish las. Originally the past participle of a verb derived from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną (“to load”). Doublet of lada and last.", "forms": [ { "form": "no-table-tags", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "table-tags" ] }, { "form": "sv-infl-noun-n-zero", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "inflection-template" ] }, { "form": "lass", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "indefinite", "nominative", "singular" ] }, { "form": "lass", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "genitive", "indefinite", "singular" ] }, { "form": "lasset", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "definite", "nominative", "singular" ] }, { "form": "lassets", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "definite", "genitive", "singular" ] }, { "form": "lass", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "indefinite", "nominative", "plural" ] }, { "form": "lass", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "genitive", "indefinite", "plural" ] }, { "form": "lassen", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "definite", "nominative", "plural" ] }, { "form": "lassens", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "definite", "genitive", "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "sv", "2": "nouns", "3": "", "g": "n", "g2": "", "head": "", "sort": "" }, "expansion": "lass n", "name": "head" }, { "args": { "1": "n" }, "expansion": "lass n", "name": "sv-noun" } ], "inflection_templates": [ { "args": {}, "name": "sv-infl-noun-n-zero" } ], "lang": "Swedish", "lang_code": "sv", "pos": "noun", "related": [ { "word": "lassa" } ], "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Swedish terms with usage examples" ], "examples": [ { "english": "a/one load of firewood", "text": "ett lass ved", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "a load (amount transported at one time (on a cart, (open) trailer, or the like, or carried), also as an (informal) unit of measurement)" ], "links": [ [ "load", "load" ] ], "tags": [ "neuter" ] }, { "categories": [ "Swedish terms with usage examples" ], "examples": [ { "english": "loads of ice cream [ice cream in big loads]", "text": "glass i stora lass", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "a load (large amount)" ], "links": [ [ "load", "load" ] ], "tags": [ "neuter" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/lasː/" }, { "audio": "Sv-ett lass.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a7/Sv-ett_lass.ogg/Sv-ett_lass.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Sv-ett_lass.ogg" } ], "word": "lass" } { "categories": [ "Pages with 6 entries", "Pages with entries", "Yola entries with incorrect language header", "Yola lemmas", "Yola nouns", "Yola terms derived from Middle English", "Yola terms derived from Old English", "Yola terms inherited from Middle English", "Yola terms inherited from Old English" ], "etymology_number": 1, "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "yol", "2": "enm", "3": "los" }, "expansion": "Middle English los", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "yol", "2": "ang", "3": "los" }, "expansion": "Old English los", "name": "inh" } ], "etymology_text": "From Middle English los, from Old English los.", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "yol", "2": "noun" }, "expansion": "lass", "name": "head" } ], "lang": "Yola", "lang_code": "yol", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "glosses": [ "loss" ], "links": [ [ "loss", "loss" ] ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/las/" } ], "word": "lass" } { "categories": [ "Pages with 6 entries", "Pages with entries", "Yola entries with incorrect language header", "Yola lemmas", "Yola nouns" ], "etymology_number": 2, "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "yol", "2": "noun" }, "expansion": "lass", "name": "head" } ], "lang": "Yola", "lang_code": "yol", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "alt_of": [ { "word": "lhose" } ], "categories": [ "Yola terms with quotations" ], "examples": [ { "english": "The more we spend here, the less in the churchyard.", "ref": "1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 84:", "text": "Th' valler w'speen here, th' lass ee chourch-hey.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "Alternative form of lhose" ], "links": [ [ "lhose", "lhose#Yola" ] ], "tags": [ "alt-of", "alternative" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/las/" } ], "word": "lass" }
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