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semmit

semmit

Hungarian

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.

Scots

Alternative forms

  • simmet, semmet, simit, semat

Etymology

From medieval cloth samite (see velvet).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɪmət/

Noun

semmit (plural semmits)

  1. singlet, vest
    • 1948 – Hector Charles Cameron Joseph Lister, the Friend of Man, W. Heinemann, p. 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.
    • 1962 – Jessica Brett Young Francis Brett Young: A Biography, Heinemann, p. 160:
      He made a grotesque figure — all inhibitions gone — in sadly shrunken white flannel trousers and cotton vest (his 'wee semmit').
    • BBC Voices Recording: Dunbar document 1431.
      'Put yer semmit on', it's a mair a winter