semmit

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Hungarian

Etymology

semmi (nothing) +‎ -t (accusative suffix)

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: sem‧mit

Pronoun

semmit

  1. 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.

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Scots

Alternative forms

Etymology

From medieval cloth samite (see velvet).

Pronunciation

Noun

semmit (plural semmits)

  1. 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.
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    • 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').
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    • BBC Voices Recording: Dunbar document 1431.
      'Put yer semmit on', it's a mair a winter