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): [ˈorɡaːn]

Noun

orgán m inan

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

Declension

Declension of orgán (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	orgán	orgány
genitive	orgánu	orgánů
dative	orgánu	orgánům
accusative	orgán	orgány
vocative	orgáne	orgány
locative	orgánu	orgánech
instrumental	orgánem	orgány

Related terms

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

 

Further reading

• “orgán”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “orgán”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish organ (altered to contain the suffix -án), from Latin organum, from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon, “instrument”).

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 (“barrel-organ”)
• comhla orgáin f (“shutter of organ”)
• lochta orgáin (“organ loft”)
• orgán bairille m (“barrel-organ”)
• orgán sráide m (“street organ”)
• orgánach m (“organism”)
• orgánach (“organic”, adjective)
• orgánachas m (“organicism”)
• orgánaí m (“organist”)
• orgánaid f (“organelle”)
• orgánta (“organ-like, swelling”, adjective)

 

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.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “orgán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “orgán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN