semmit

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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semmi (nothing) +‎ -t (accusative suffix)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈʃɛmːit]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: sem‧mit

Pronoun

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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

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From medieval cloth samite (see velvet).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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.
      (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