orgánach

Irish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon, “tool, instrument”) + -ach.

Noun

orgánach m (genitive singular orgánaigh, nominative plural orgánaigh)

  1. (biology) organism

Declension
Declension of orgánach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative orgánach orgánaigh
Vocative a orgánaigh a orgánacha
Genitive orgánaigh orgánach
Dative orgánach orgánaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-orgánach na horgánaigh
Genitive an orgánaigh na n-orgánach
Dative leis an orgánach

don orgánach

 leis na horgánaigh

Adjective

orgánach (genitive singular masculine orgánaigh, genitive singular feminine orgánaí, plural orgánacha, not comparable)

  1. (biology) organic

Declension
Declension of orgánach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative orgánach orgánach orgánacha
Vocative orgánaigh orgánacha
Genitive orgánaí orgánacha orgánach
Dative orgánach orgánach;
orgánaigh (archaic)		 orgánacha
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

Derived terms
  • ceimic orgánach (“organic chemistry”)
  • orgánachas (“organicism”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
orgánach n-orgánach horgánach t-orgánach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • "orgánach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “organism” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • “organic” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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