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
singular plural
nominative orgánach orgánaigh
vocative a orgánaigh a orgánacha
genitive orgánaigh orgánach
dative orgánach orgánaigh
forms with the definite article
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
Positive singular plural
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

Mutated forms of orgánach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
orgánach n-orgánach horgánach t-orgánach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “orgánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “organism”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
  • “organic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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