"quean" meaning in Scots

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Noun

IPA: /kwin/, /kwen/, /kwəin/ Forms: queans [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English quene, from Old English cwene, from Proto-West Germanic *kwenā, from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ (“woman”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”). Etymology templates: {{inh|sco|enm|quene}} Middle English quene, {{der|sco|ang|cwene}} Old English cwene, {{der|sco|gmw-pro|*kwenā}} Proto-West Germanic *kwenā, {{der|sco|gem-pro|*kwenǭ||woman}} Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ (“woman”), {{der|sco|ine-pro|*gʷḗn||woman}} Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”) Head templates: {{head|sco|noun|||plural|queans|||||cat2=|cat3=|head=}} quean (plural queans), {{sco-noun}} quean (plural queans)
  1. young woman, girl
    Sense id: en-quean-sco-noun-YtVKV-GI
  2. daughter
    Sense id: en-quean-sco-noun-TtKPgsqW
  3. maidservant
    Sense id: en-quean-sco-noun-7c88xm9I
  4. female sweetheart Categories (topical): Female
    Sense id: en-quean-sco-noun-3EERgqys Disambiguation of Female: 0 0 0 83 17
  5. (Shetland) A ram incapable of procreation, a hermaphrodite sheep. Tags: Shetland Categories (topical): Children, Family, People
    Sense id: en-quean-sco-noun-E6BG5BUo Disambiguation of Children: 27 8 8 8 47 Disambiguation of Family: 0 0 0 0 100 Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0 0 100 Categories (other): Shetland Scots, Scots entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 12 12 12 12 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: quine [Doric]

Inflected forms

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      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "enm",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
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      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *kwenā",
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        "4": "",
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        "4": "",
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      "name": "der"
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English quene, from Old English cwene, from Proto-West Germanic *kwenā, from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ (“woman”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "queans",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "10": "",
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        "4": "",
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        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
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        "cat3": "",
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {},
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    }
  ],
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      ],
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        ]
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            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Society",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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          "sweetheart",
          "sweetheart"
        ]
      ]
    },
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          "_dis": "12 12 12 12 51",
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        },
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          "langcode": "sco",
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            "Age",
            "People",
            "Human",
            "Time",
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        },
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          "_dis": "0 0 0 0 100",
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          "_dis": "0 0 0 0 100",
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            "All topics",
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      "glosses": [
        "A ram incapable of procreation, a hermaphrodite sheep."
      ],
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        ]
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        "(Shetland) A ram incapable of procreation, a hermaphrodite sheep."
      ],
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        "Shetland"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/kwin/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kwen/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/kwəin/"
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Doric"
      ],
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    }
  ],
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}
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Scots entries with incorrect language header",
    "Scots lemmas",
    "Scots nouns",
    "Scots terms derived from Middle English",
    "Scots terms derived from Old English",
    "Scots terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Scots terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Scots terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Scots terms inherited from Middle English",
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    "sco:Family",
    "sco:Female",
    "sco:People"
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "4": "",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "8": "",
        "9": "",
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      },
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        "young woman, girl"
      ],
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        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ],
        [
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          "girl"
        ]
      ]
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      "glosses": [
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      ],
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        [
          "daughter",
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        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "maidservant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "maidservant",
          "maidservant"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "female sweetheart"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sweetheart",
          "sweetheart"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Shetland Scots"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A ram incapable of procreation, a hermaphrodite sheep."
      ],
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        [
          "ram",
          "ram"
        ]
      ],
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        "(Shetland) A ram incapable of procreation, a hermaphrodite sheep."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Shetland"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/kwin/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kwen/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kwəin/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Doric"
      ],
      "word": "quine"
    }
  ],
  "word": "quean"
}

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