morr

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

Albanian

Etymology

According to Oryol, from Proto-Albanian *mērwa, from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to die”). Oryol compares semantically Ancient Greek φθείρ (phtheír, “louse”) and φθείρω (phtheírō, “to destroy”), though the etymological connection of the Greek cognates is uncertain.

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

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	morr	morri	morra	morrat
accusative		morrin
dative	morri	morrit	morrave	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, morracak, çmorrit

Further reading

• “morr”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

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/
• Rhymes: -ɔrr

Adjective

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

1. bitter, unsweetened
2. unpleasant

Norwegian Bokmål

Morr in the sense of a cured sausage.

Alternative forms

• mørr (superseded in 2005)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse mǫrr (“fat, tallow”), from Proto-Norse *marhwa- (“tallow, suet”), from Proto-Germanic *marhwaz (“tallow, suet”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *merk- (“to decay”).

Compare Norwegian Nynorsk morr (“chopped offal; offal sausage”), Faroese mørur and Icelandic mör (“suet”). For the dialectal sense “crumbled matter”, compare Icelandic mor (“sediment, mud; small pieces”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔrː/, [mɔrː]
• Rhymes: -ɔrː
• Hyphenation: morr

Noun

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

1. (collective) chopped or ground offal from a slaughtered animal
2. (regional) a sausage, especially one which has been cured, made from such a mixture

   Synonym: morrpølse

3. (dialectal) something crumbled or broken into small pieces; crumbs or debris
   • 1976, Vigdis Stokkelien, Vi, page 29:

     i dag gikk jeg tvers gjennom ganggulvet, sto der og stirret på skyen av gullig støv, viste Anders hullene i planken. – Morr, Anders

     today I went straight through the hallway floor, stood there staring at the cloud of yellowish dust, and showed Anders the holes in the boards. “Crumbling matter, Anders.”

Usage notes

• The former spelling mørr was removed from the Bokmål standard in 2005.
• In modern culinary usage, morr may also refer more broadly to regional cured sausages made from chopped meat, fat, salt and spices. Offal or blood may be included, but is not present in every modern variety.

Derived terms

• morrpølse (“offal sausage; regional cured sausage”)

References

• “morr” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “morr” in Norwegian Academy Dictionary (NAOB).
• Ditlefsen, Anne (26 November 2024), “spekepølse”, in Store norske leksikon.
• “Morr på Lesjavis”, Norsk Tradisjonsmat.
• “Hva er spekemat og spekepølser?”, NDLA.

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.

Swedish

Noun

morr n

1. growl, snarl (growling sound, from an animal or more or less figuratively a human)

Declension

Declension of morr

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	morr	morrs
	definite	morret	morrets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Related terms

• morra

See also

• brum (“growl (from a bear)”)
• fräs (“hiss”)
• growl (“growl (death growl)”)
• knorr (“grumble”)
• kurr (“growl (from a stomach)”)
• mutter (“mutter”)

References

• “morr”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “morr”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “morr”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Woiwurrung

Noun

morr

1. prickly currant bush (Coprosma quadrifida)