radam

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/
  • Rhymes: -adam

Etymology 1

    Inherited 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

      Inherited 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)