| Scots Words | Alt. Scots Words | English Meanings |
| fa' | fall | |
| fa' | lot | |
| fa' | to get; suit; claim | |
| fa'n | fallen | |
| faa | faw+ fa' | fall |
| faain | falling | |
| faan | fallen | |
| faddom | fathom | |
| faddom'd | fathomed | |
| fadge | faggot+ bundle of sticks | |
| fae | from+ foe | |
| faem | faim | foam |
| faik | abate | |
| Faiket | let off | |
| fail | turf | |
| faimish | famish | |
| faimlie | faimilie | family |
| fain | affectionate | |
| fain | glad | |
| fainness | fondness | |
| fair | quite | |
| fair fa' | good befall! welcome | |
| fairfaa | fairfaw | bless |
| fairin | a present from a fair | |
| fairly | certainly | |
| fairmers | farmers | |
| faither | fallie | father |
| faize | annoy+ ruffle | |
| fallae | fallie+falla | fellow |
| fallow | fellow | |
| fan | found | |
| fand | found past t. | |
| fang | a capture+ capture | |
| fank | sheep pen+ rope coil | |
| fankle | tangle | |
| fantoush | fantoosh | flashy |
| far-aff | far-off | |
| fardel | three conered cake | |
| fareweel | farewell | |
| farin | farein | food+ fare |
| farl | scone | |
| farls | oat-cakes | |
| fash | annoy+ irritate+ trouble | |
| fash'd | fash't | |
| fasherie | trouble | |
| fashious | troublesome | |
| fasht | troubled+ bothered | |
| Fasten-e'en | Fasten's Even (the evening before Lent) | |
| Fastern's een | Shrove Tuesday | |
| fat | what | |
| fatterals | ribbon ends | |
| fauch | fallow+ pale | |
| fauchelt | tired | |
| faught | a fight | |
| fauld | the sheep-fold | |
| fauld | folded. | |
| fauld | fold | |
| faulding | sheep-folding. | |
| faulding | putting sheep in fold | |
| faun | fallen | |
| faur | fer | far |
| faur back | long ago | |
| faurdin | farthing | |
| faurer | farther | |
| fause | false | |
| fause-house | hole in a cornstack | |
| faut | blame+ fault | |
| fautor | transgressor | |
| Fawkirk | Falkirk | |
| Fawkland | Falkland | |
| fawsont | seemly | |
| fear | fear+ scare | |
| fearfu' | fearful(ly) | |
| fears me | frightens me | |
| feart | feared+ scared | |
| feasible | faisible | feasible |
| feat | spruce | |
| februar | February | |
| fecht | fight | |
| feck | amount | |
| feck | the bulk | |
| feck | value | |
| fecket | waistcoat; sleeve waistcoat (used by farm-servants as both vest and | |
| feckfu | powerful | |
| feckless | weak | |
| fecklie | mostly | |
| feckly | mostly | |
| fee | engagement as servant | |
| feem | feim | violent heat |
| feenish | feinish | finish |
| feeroch | feiroch | bustle |
| feet | feit | feet |
| feg | a fig | |
| fegs | truly+ faith | |
| feide | feud | |
| feint | v. fient | |
| feirrie | lusty | |
| fell | strongly+ keen+ stun. kill | |
| fell | fell+ a hill | |
| fell | the cuticle under the skin |