szemét

== Hungarian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈsɛmeːt] Hyphenation: sze‧mét Rhymes: -eːt === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from a South Slavic or West Slavic language. Compare Bulgarian смет (smet), Serbo-Croatian smȅt. ==== Noun ==== szemét (countable and uncountable, plural szemetek) sweepings, litter (collectively, items discarded on the ground) garbage, rubbish, waste, trash Synonym: hulladék (sometimes in a narrow sense, only for recyclable waste) (colloquial) bastard Synonyms: rohadék, gazember, szemétláda ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Adjective ==== szemét (comparative szemetebb, superlative legszemetebb) (colloquial) mean, base, vile, despicable Synonyms: aljas, alávaló, hitvány, gonosz, (slang) mocsok, (slang) rohadt, (slang) rohadék ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === szem (“eye”) +‎ -e (“his/her/its”, possessive suffix) +‎ -t (accusative suffix) ==== Noun ==== szemét accusative of szeme Az éles fények zavarták a szemét. ― The bright lights bothered his/her eyes. Nem bántja a szemét a szemét? ― Doesn’t the rubbish hurt your eyes? ===== Derived terms ===== örökre lehunyja a szemét === References === === Further reading === (garbage): szemét in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.