radam

See also: radām and rađam

Latin

Verb

rādam

  1. first-person singular future active indicative of rādō

Maltese

Root
r-d-m
2 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈra.dam/

Etymology 1

From Arabic رَدَمَ (radama).

Verb

radam (imperfect jordom, past participle mirdum or mardum or mordum, verbal noun rdum)

  1. to bury, to hide
  2. to backfill (to refill a hole with the material dug out of it)
  3. to hide, to stash
  4. to overshadow (to dominate something and make it seem insignificant or small)
Conjugation
Conjugation of radam (Form I)
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m rdamt rdamt radam rdamna rdamtu radmu
f radmet
imperfect m nordom tordom jordom nordmu tordmu jordmu
f tordom
imperative ordom ordmu
negative forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m rdamtx rdamtx radamx rdamniex rdamtux radmux
f radmitx
imperfect m nordomx tordomx jordomx nordmux tordmux jordmux
f tordomx
imperative tordomx tordmux

Etymology 2

From Arabic رَدْم (radm).

Noun

radam m

  1. debris
  2. dump, tip, landfill
    Synonym: miżbla
  3. a large number or quantity
    bir-radam(please add an English translation of this usage example)