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Hungarian
Etymology
semmi (“nothing”) + -t (accusative suffix)
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: sem‧mit
Pronoun
semmit
- accusative singular of semmi
- Ne mondj semmit. ― Don't say anything.
- Semmit sem jelent. ― It means nothing.
- Ez semmit sem ér. ― This is worthless.
- Nem tesz semmit. ― It doesn't matter./You're welcome./That's all right./Don't mention it.
Derived terms
Scots
Etymology
From medieval cloth samite (see velvet).
Pronunciation
Noun
semmit (plural semmits)
- singlet, vest
1948, Hector Charles Cameron, Joseph Lister, the Friend of Man, W. Heinemann, page 7:Once on returning from a visit to the hospital he told us that an old man had spoken of his semmet, the Scots for what an Englishman calls his vest.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1962, Jessica Brett Young, Francis Brett Young: A Biography, Heinemann, page 160:He made a grotesque figure — all inhibitions gone — in sadly shrunken white flannel trousers and cotton vest (his 'wee semmit').- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- BBC Voices Recording: Dunbar document 1431.
- 'Put yer semmit on', it's a mair a winter