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)

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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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

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

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