ramel

• ramal, remel

From Arabic رَمْل‎ (raml, “sand”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.mɛl/

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 Template:RQ:Bibbja/abbreviation.29?passageId=Template:RQ:Bibbja/abbreviation.29.18 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.

From Vulgar Latin *ramellus, from Latin rāmus.

ramel 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

• raim

• French: rameau
• Walloon: ramxhyî

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (ramel, supplement)

From Vulgar Latin *ramellus, from Latin rāmus.

ramel m (oblique plural ramels, nominative singular ramels, nominative plural ramel)

1. small branch

• ram

• Occitan: ramèl

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