ramel

Maltese

Root
r-m-l
12 terms

Alternative forms

• ramal, remel

Etymology

From Arabic رَمْل (raml, “sand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.mɛl/

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

Related terms

• raim

Descendants

• French: rameau
• Walloon: ramxhyî

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e 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

Related terms

• ram

Descendants

• Occitan: ramèl

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “ramus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 10: R, page 40