ramsa

Swahili

Etymology

    Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].

    Noun

    ramsa class IX (plural ramsa class X)

    1. enjoyment (from entertainment or celebration)

    Swedish

    Noun

    ramsa c

    1. a set string of words or syllables (often more or less ritualistic in nature); a rhyme, a formula, an incantation, etc.
      en magisk ramsa
      a magical rhyme (for example)
      en ramsa för att komma ihåg planeternas ordning
      a rhyme to remember the order of the planets
      en näverbit, på vilken han skrivit upp ramsan, som han måste läsa innan han lade pengen i källan
      a piece of birch bark, on which he had written the formula, that he must read before he put the coin in the well
      1. a nursery rhyme (when not a song)
        Synonym: barnramsa
      2. a chant (in support of a competitor at a sports event)
        Synonym: hejaramsa
    2. (figuratively) an utterance reminiscent of the above (through being more or less set, meaningless, rhyme-like, or the like)
      den gamla vanliga ramsan om hur orättvist det är att han inte alltid får göra precis som han vill
      the old refrain about how unfair it is that he doesn't always get to do exactly what he wants
      svära en ramsa
      utter a string of curses

    Declension

    Declension of ramsa
    nominative genitive
    singular indefinite ramsa ramsas
    definite ramsan ramsans
    plural indefinite ramsor ramsors
    definite ramsorna ramsornas

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    See also

    Verb

    ramsa (present ramsar, preterite ramsade, supine ramsat, imperative ramsa)

    1. to read a formula or nursery rhyme, to speak a lot with little meaning
      och han ramsade rägglor om häxor och troll och om irrfärder rakt bort i stoll
      and he read rhymes of witches and trolls and of lost journeys straight into insanity

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of ramsa (weak)
    active passive
    infinitive ramsa —
    supine ramsat —
    imperative ramsa —
    imper. plural1 ramsen —
    present past present past
    indicative ramsar ramsade — —
    ind. plural1 ramsa ramsade — —
    subjunctive2 ramse ramsade — —
    present participle ramsande
    past participle —

    1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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