"mey" meaning in Scots

See mey in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [məi] Forms: meys [plural]
Head templates: {{head|sco|noun|||plural|meys|||||cat2=|cat3=|checkredlinks=1|head=}} mey (plural meys), {{sco-noun}} mey (plural meys)
  1. hawthorn flower
    Sense id: en-mey-sco-noun-cLPV-YEQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: [məi] Forms: micht [past], may [alternative], ma [alternative]
Head templates: {{head|sco|verb|past tense|micht}} mey (past tense micht)
  1. may
    Sense id: en-mey-sco-verb-7k2YjGXe Categories (other): Pages with 10 entries, Pages with entries, Scots entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 10 entries: 2 2 2 4 4 2 2 3 2 2 2 20 13 13 7 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 25 16 16 8 21 Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Scots dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (d6fca27 and 65e1673). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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