morr

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

• IPA^(key): /mɔr/

morr m (indefinite plural morra, definite singular morri)

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

• 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)

• morth, morrac, morrc, morrës