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The word 'stab'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
stabOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.51513
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 25.1 5 3
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 24.2 2 2
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast) 1468.4 1 1
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of stab in Corpus

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North Northern B (Caithness)

Manson, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Doric - Dumfries, poetry
They haimmerit him haurd wi a stab on page 125

1 matches

General Northern

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
cle mah airm three times then stab wi mah fingir. Ane ... twaa . on page 40

1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
In this world nou they'd stab their ain brither! on page 71

1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
mad cousin gonnae smash yi or stab yi fur suhin or nuhin. That's on page 30
ff. 'There's wan ae a boy wae stab wounds in surgery n it makes on page 58

3 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
e at the opening, right? Then stab it intae the meat, twist an p on page 1

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ty takin? he tried tae fuckin stab me’ he sais, wae a vacant l
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
Finlay o Southfield gieq it a stab wi his pike. Sair woundit, th on page 38

1 matches

General Central

McLeish, Alistair Lallans 102 - Eco Cheil, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, poetry
Put a fence stab through his windscreens, on page 38

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Bairns ootside, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
streets awa tied tae a palin stab wi a claes rope, a pile o wid
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Stevenson, Gerda Cat Wumman: Tales O Nine Lives - The Witch, (Luath 2025 ISBN: 978-1804252420) Central - Peebles, prose
in, suddent - a soond like a stab at her hert. on page 43

1 matches

@jamie_ginger tweeted
rk. Pass mei the penne pasta. Stab wi a fork. Straight doon the (2019)

Eastern Ulster (Belfast)

Graham, Angela Yarns 3 - Tha Goolden Whun, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Belfast, prose
bi stab an birsie;
1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
rra as shairp as a sword wull stab yer hairt." on page 73

1 matches

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