"summat" meaning in English

See summat in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /ˈsʌmət/, /ˈsʊmət/, /ˈzʌmət/, /ˈzʊmət/
Etymology: Dialectal variant of somewhat attested from the 18th century. Joseph Wright suggested that it might be a contraction of "some that" in A Grammar of the Dialect of Windhill (page 78). Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} summat (not comparable)
  1. (England, especially Lancashire, Yorkshire, informal) Something (“to a degree”); somewhat. Tags: England, Yorkshire, informal, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-summat-en-adv-pxyYGGE7 Categories (other): English English, Lancashire English, Yorkshire English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: summit, sommat, sommit, sumat, summet, zumat, zummat, zummet, zummut (19th century), summut, zum'ot, summot (18th–19th centuries), sumet (17th century)

Pronoun

IPA: /ˈsʌmət/, /ˈsʊmət/, /ˈzʌmət/, /ˈzʊmət/
Etymology: Dialectal variant of somewhat attested from the 18th century. Joseph Wright suggested that it might be a contraction of "some that" in A Grammar of the Dialect of Windhill (page 78). Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun|indefinite pronoun||||||||||||||||||head=}} summat (indefinite pronoun), {{en-pron|desc=indefinite pronoun}} summat (indefinite pronoun)
  1. (England, especially Lancashire, Yorkshire, informal) Something. Tags: England, Yorkshire, indefinite, informal, pronoun
    Sense id: en-summat-en-pron-EiSarHKX Categories (other): English English, Lancashire English, Yorkshire English, English entries with incorrect language header, English pronouns, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: summit, sommat, sommit, sumat, summet, zumat, zummat, zummet, zummut (19th century), summut, zum'ot, summot (18th–19th centuries), sumet (17th century)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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