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Webster 1913 Edition
Lassie
Las′sie
(lăs′sĭ)
, Noun.
A young girl; a lass.
[Scot.]
Definition 2024
Lassie
lassie
lassie
See also: Lassie
English
Noun
lassie (plural lassies)
- (chiefly Scotland, Northern England, Geordie, Northumbria) A young girl, a lass, especially one seen as a sweetheart.
- 2012, Celtic Woman, Believe (album): Green Grow the Rushes (song)
- Green grow the rushes, oh
Green grow the rushes, oh
The sweetest hours that e'er I spent
Are spent among the lassies, oh
- Green grow the rushes, oh
- 2012, Celtic Woman, Believe (album): Green Grow the Rushes (song)
Translations
young girl
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Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɑsːie̯/
- Hyphenation: las‧si‧e
Noun
lassie
- (colloquial) rough collie (breed of dog)
Declension
Inflection of lassie (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | lassie | lassiet | |
genitive | lassien | lassieiden lassieitten |
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partitive | lassieta | lassieita | |
illative | lassieen | lassieihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | lassie | lassiet | |
accusative | nom. | lassie | lassiet |
gen. | lassien | ||
genitive | lassien | lassieiden lassieitten |
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partitive | lassieta | lassieita | |
inessive | lassiessa | lassieissa | |
elative | lassiesta | lassieista | |
illative | lassieen | lassieihin | |
adessive | lassiella | lassieilla | |
ablative | lassielta | lassieilta | |
allative | lassielle | lassieille | |
essive | lassiena | lassieina | |
translative | lassieksi | lassieiksi | |
instructive | — | lassiein | |
abessive | lassietta | lassieitta | |
comitative | — | lassieineen |