Scot

See also: scot and Scot.

English

Etymology

From Old English Scottas (“people from Ireland, Irishmen”), from Late Latin Scotti. Possibly the meaning was "cut off, outcast", related to scoith (to cut off) and scoite (cut off), from scoth (“point, edge (of weapon)”), from Proto-Celtic *skutā, from Proto-Indo-European *skewt- (“to cut”).[1]

See Scoti.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈskɒt/
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  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈskɑt/
  • (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈskɔʔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɒt, -ɑt, -ɔʔ

Noun

Scot (plural Scots)

  1. A person born in or native to Scotland.
    Synonyms: Scotsman, Scotchman

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Proper noun

Scot (plural Scots)

  1. A surname
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage, variant of Scott.

See also

References
  1. C. Oman, A History of England before the Norman Conquest, London, 1910, p. 157
  • Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “Scot”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  • Scot in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • C. Oman, A History of England before the Norman Conquest, London, 1910, p. 157

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Irish

Etymology

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Noun

Scot m (genitive singular Scoit, nominative plural Scoit)

  1. (historical) Scot, Irishman

Declension
Declension of Scot

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Scot Scoit
Vocative a Scoit a Scota
Genitive Scoit Scot
Dative Scot Scoit

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an Scot na Scoit
Genitive an Scoit na Scot
Dative leis an Scot

don Scot

 leis na Scoit

Derived terms
  • Scotach (“Scottish; Scotch-Irish”, adjective)
  • Scotach m (“Scot, Scotsman; Irishman of Scottish descent”)

Further reading
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