ramla

From Arabic رَمْلَة (ramla, “grain of sand”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈram.la/

ramla f (plural ramliet, diminutive rmejla)

1. grain of sand
2. sandbeach

   Hypernym: xatt

• ramlet

ramla

1. inflection of ramle:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

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ramla (present ramlar, preterite ramlade, supine ramlat, imperative ramla)

1. to fall (inadvertently, for example by losing one's balance, or sometimes of an object)

   Synonym: (colloquial) drutta

   • 1992, Benny Astor, Figge Boström, “Gunga [Swing]”‎^[1]performed by Apopocalyps:

     Du är så söt, så oskuldsfull. Försöker stå men du ramlar omkull. Jag rycker till [expresses suddenness], du fnittrar glatt. Med stora ögon brister du ut i ett skratt, i ett skratt.

     You are so cute, so innocent. Try to stand but you fall over. I flinch, you giggle happily. With wide eyes you break out into a laugh, into a laugh.

   1. to trip
2. (with a particle like isär (“apart”) or ihop (“together”)) to fall (apart)

   Pallkragen håller på att ramla isär

   The pallet collar is [in the process of / on its way to] falling apart

3. (dated, dialectal) to make noise, to rumble, to thunder

• snubbla (“stumble”)

• ramla in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• ramla in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• ramla in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• almar, larma, malar