orgán

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See also: organ, Organ, and òrgan

Czech

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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

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

References

  1. ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “orgán”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda

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

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.

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