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
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with 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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “orgánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “organism”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• “organic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024