morr

See also: Morr, mǫrr, mørr, mǿrr, and Mǿrr

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *mārwa, from Proto-Indo-European *morwi- (compare Old Norse maurr (“ant”), Serbo-Croatian mrav, Ancient Greek μύρμηξ (múrmēx), and others).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔr/

Noun

morr m (plural morra, definite morri, definite plural morrat)

1. louse (head louse, body louse (Pediculus humanus))
2. plant louse, aphid (Aphidoidea)

Declension

Declension of morr

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	morr	morra	morri	morrat
accusative			morrin
dative	morri	morrave	morrit	morrave
ablative		morrash

Hyponyms

• morra e bimëve (“plant lice, aphids”)
  • morr i bahçeve (“cotton aphid”) (Aphis gossypii)
  • morr i drithërave (“greenbug, spring grain aphid, wheat louse, corn leaf aphid”)(Schizaphis graminum)
  • morr i lakrës (“cabbage aphid”) (Brevicorne ornata)
  • morr i misrit, morr i rrënjës (“elm leaf aphid, corn root aphis”) (Tetraneura ulmi)
  • morr i panxharit (“black bean aphid”) (Aphis fabae)
  • morr i përgjakshëm (“wooly apple aphid”) (Eriosoma lanigerum)
  • morr i pjeshkës (“green peach aphid”) (Myzus persicae)
  • morr i qershisë (“black cherry aphid”) (Myzus cerasi)

Derived terms

• morth, morrac, morrc, morrës

Maltese

Root
m-r-r
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مُرّ (murr). Now usually declined like a Romance adjective with plural in -i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔrr/

Adjective

morr (feminine singular morra, plural morri or morra, diminutive mrajjar)

1. bitter, unsweetened
2. unpleasant

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• (non-standard since 2005) mørr

Etymology

From Old Norse mǫrr.

Noun

morr m (definite singular morren, indefinite plural morrer, definite plural morrene)

1. (collective) offals, often cut or ground
2. a traditional Norwegian cured sausage made of meat and intestines from sheep, cow and pig

Derived terms

• morrpølse

References

• “morr” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• (non-standard since 2012) mòr, mørr

Etymology

From Old Norse mǫrr.

Noun

morr m (definite singular morren, indefinite plural morrar, definite plural morrane)

1. (collective) offals, often cut or ground
2. a traditional Norwegian cured sausage made of meat and intestines from sheep, cow and pig

Derived terms

• morrpølse

References

• “morr” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.