Scottish Plural
Learning the Scottish Plural is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Scottish language. But first we need to know what the role of Plural is in the structure of the grammar in Scottish.
Scottish Plurals are grammatical numbers, typically referring to more than one of the referent in the real world. In the English language, singular and plural are the only grammatical numbers. Here are some examples:
| English Plural | Scottish Plural |
| Plural | plural |
| my book | mah book |
| my books | mah books |
| our daughter | uir dochter |
| our daughters | uir daughters |
| I'm cold | aam braw |
| we're cold | we're braw |
| his chickens | his chickens |
| their chicken | their chookie |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Plural in Scottish has a logical pattern. Locate the Plural above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Scots.
List of Plurals in Scottish
Below is a list of the Plurals and Singulars in Scottish placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Scottish vocabulary.
| English Plural | Scottish Plural |
| alligator | alligatur |
| alligators | alligators |
| bear | bear |
| bears | bears |
| bird | spyug |
| birds | kimmers |
| bull | bull |
| bulls | bulls |
| cat | moggie |
| cats | cats |
| cow | coo |
| cows | cows |
| deer | deer |
| many deer | mony deer |
| dog | dug |
| dogs | dogs |
| donkey | donkey |
| donkeys | donkeys |
| eagle | eagle |
| eagles | eagles |
| elephant | elephant |
| elephants | elephants |
| giraffe | giraffe |
| giraffes | giraffes |
| goat | goat |
| goats | goats |
| horse | cuddie |
| horses | horses |
| lion | lion |
| lions | lions |
| monkey | bawbag |
| monkeys | monkeys |
| mouse | moose |
| mice | mice |
| rabbit | coney |
| rabbits | rabbits |
| snake | snake |
| snakes | snakes |
| tiger | tiger |
| tigers | tigers |
| wolf | wolf |
| wolves | wolves |
Plural and Singular have a very important role in Scottish, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Scots Plural, you might want to check the rest of our Scottish lessons here: Learn Scottish. Don't forget to bookmark this page.