ramsa

Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].

ramsa class IX (plural ramsa class X)

1. enjoyment (from entertainment or celebration)

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

• barnramsa
• hejaramsa

• sassa brassa mandelmassa

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

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

• maras, masar, ramas