radda

Maltese

Root
r-d-d
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic رَدَّة (radda).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrad.da/
• Rhymes: -adda

Noun

radda f (dual raddtejn, plural raddi, paucal raddiet)

1. a restitution
2. furrow (a trench cut in the soil)

   Synonym: radd

3. wake (the path left behind a ship on the surface of the water)

   Synonym: radd

Swedish

Etymology

From rad.

Noun

radda c

1. (colloquial) a row (of many things)
2. (colloquial) a bunch, a lot (large number of things, more generally)

   De har en hel radda med såser att välja bland

   They have a whole bunch of sauces to choose from

   Här kommer en radda med bilder från semestern

   Here's a bunch of pictures from our vacation

   Snart har jag lyssnat igenom hela raddan av gamla avsnitt

   I've almost listened through all the / the whole lot of old episodes

Usage notes

• Often as "hel radda" (whole bunch/lot).
• Somewhat weakly connected to rad (“row”) intuitively, though derived from it.

Declension

Declension of radda

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	radda	raddas
	definite	raddan	raddans
plural	indefinite	raddor	raddors
	definite	raddorna	raddornas

See also

• radda upp

Further reading

• radda in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• radda opp in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)