semmit

semmi +‎ -t

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃɛmːit]

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• Hyphenation: sem‧mit

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.

• simmet, semmet, simit, semat

From medieval cloth samite (see velvet).

• IPA^(key): /sɪmət/

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