orgán

See also: organ, Organ, and òrgan

Czech

Etymology

Via German Organ from Latin organum, from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon, “an instrument, implement, tool, also an organ of sense or apprehension, an organ of the body, also a musical instrument, an organ”), from *ἔργειν (érgein, “to work”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /orɡaːn/

Noun

1. organ (part of an organism)
2. authority, body (functional part of a government or an organization; organized group of people)

   orgány činné v trestním řízení ― authorities active in criminal procedure

   státní orgány ― state authorities

Related terms

• organela f
• organický
• organismus m
• organizace
• organizovat
• zásobní orgán m

 

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC
• Template:R:SSJC

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Irish

Etymology

From Latin organum, from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon, “an instrument, implement, tool, also an organ of sense or apprehension, an organ of the body, also a musical instrument, an organ”).

Noun

orgán m (genitive singular orgáin, nominative plural orgáin)

1. (music) organ
2. (anatomy) organ

Declension

Declension of orgán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative orgán orgáin Vocative a orgáin a orgána Genitive orgáin orgán Dative orgán orgáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-orgán na horgáin Genitive an orgáin na n-orgán Dative leis an orgán don orgán leis na horgáin

Derived terms

• bairille-orgán m, orgán bairille m (“barrel-organ”)
• comhla orgáin f (“shutter of organ”)
• orgán sráide m (“street organ”)
• orgánaí m (“organist”)
• orgánta (“organ-like, swelling”, adjective)

 

Related terms

• orgánach (“organic”, adjective)
• orgánachas m (“organicism”)
• orgánach m (“organism”)
• orgánaid f (“organelle”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
orgán	n-orgán	horgán	t-orgán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “orgán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN