morr

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

Albanian

Albanian Wikipedia has an article on:

morri

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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

	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

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.

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

morr

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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 (SO)
• morr in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• morr in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)