ramel

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Maltese

Root
r-m-l
12 terms

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic رَمْل (raml, “sand”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ramel m (plural irmla or rmiel)

  1. sand
    • c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb ta' Ġob 29:18:
      Jien għedt: Fil-bejta tiegħi mmut wara jiem kotrana daqs ir-ramel.
      King James Version translation: Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
    • 2022, Nadia Mifsud, meta tinfetaq il-folla, Ede Books, →ISBN:
      kollox għafsa. kollox fastidju. forsi
      għax għadu (wisq) kmieni. forsi.
      għax dallejl xtaqt stajt nimtedd maġenbek
      u dalgħodu stenbaħt
      b’subgħajja mwebbla għal ponn ramel
      u d-diqa mwebsa ma’ ħaddejja.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *ramellus, from Latin rāmus.

Noun

ramel oblique singular, m (oblique plural rameaus or rameax or ramiaus or ramiax or ramels, nominative singular rameaus or rameax or ramiaus or ramiax or ramels, nominative plural ramel)

  1. small branch

Descendants

  • French: rameau
  • Walloon: ramxhyî

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (ramel, supplement)

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *ramellus, from Latin rāmus.

Noun

ramel m (oblique plural ramels, nominative singular ramels, nominative plural ramel)

  1. small branch

Descendants

References

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