radda

From Arabic رَدَّة‎ (radda).

• IPA^(key): /ˈrad.da/
• Rhymes: -adda

radda f (dual raddtejn, plural raddi, paucal raddiet)

1. a restitution
2. furrow (a trench cut in the soil)

   Synonym: radd

3. wake (the path left behind a ship on the surface of the water)

   Synonym: radd

From rad.

radda c

1. (colloquial) a row (of many things)
2. (colloquial) a bunch, a lot (large number of things, more generally)

   De har en hel radda med såser att välja bland

   They have a whole bunch of sauces to choose from

   Här kommer en radda med bilder från semestern

   Here's a bunch of pictures from our vacation

   Snart har jag lyssnat igenom hela raddan av gamla avsnitt

   I've almost listened through all the / the whole lot of old episodes

• Often as "hel radda" (whole bunch/lot).
• Somewhat weakly connected to rad (“row”) intuitively, though derived from it.

• radda upp

• radda in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• radda opp in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)