orgán

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”),[1] from *ἔργειν (érgein, “to work”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /orɡaːn/

Noun

orgán m

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

	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

 

References

1. "orgán" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007

Further reading

• orgán in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• orgán in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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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”)
• orgánaí m (“organist”)
• orgán sráide m (“street organ”)
• orgánta (“organ-like, swelling”, adjective)

 

Related terms

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