'The Irish use "lad" and "lass" more often than the Scottish "laddie" or "lassie." Like the Sctos, however, the Irish will use these terms regardless of age.'
a scottish word for boy
It is an Irish word.
In Irish: seacht In Scottish Gaelic: seachd
FYI Gaelic can be Irish or Scottish; two separate languages.The Irish word is uirlisí (tools);the Scottish Gaelic word is innealan.
Recently the old Irish name Caolán (slender lad) has been 'equated' with thename Kyle.Although there are McBrooms in Ireland they are apparently of Scottish origin and there are different opinions as to the Scottish Gaelic original surname.
It's not Irish; it's Scottish slang.
A common informal term for an Irish lad is "mate" or "lad."
=== === distinctions will have to be made between Scottish and Irish and Welsh of course.In Scottish it would be 'wee lass' or 'wee lad'. The previous answer is clearly incorrect. Gaelic is not a form of English; it is a separate language. Welsh and Irish Gaelic are also separate languages not dialects of English. The "wee lass" and "wee lad" are in the Scottish form of English called Lallans (the English of the Lowlands. === ===
Irish Gaelic: éin Scottish Gaelic: ?
It's more of a Scottish slang word but the Irish do use it sometimes.
Scottish Gaelic is claidheamh; Irish (Gaelic) is claíomh.
The Irish and Scottish Gaelic languages have no word for 'a/an'.