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Irish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon, “tool, instrument”) + -ach.
Noun
orgánach m (genitive singular orgánaigh, nominative plural orgánaigh)
- (biology) organism
Declension
Adjective
orgánach (genitive singular masculine orgánaigh, genitive singular feminine orgánaí, plural orgánacha, not comparable)
- (biology) organic
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| orgánach
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n-orgánach
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horgánach
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t-orgánach
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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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