γάζα

See also: Γάζα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Old Median *ganǰam (“treasure”) spread by the Achaemenid administration.

The Liddell-Scott-Jones dictionary marks the first α long in this word and all its derivatives, but if the second α is short (as the declension class leads us to expect), then the accentuation proves the first must also be short, as it would take a circumflex (*γᾶζα) if it were long.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡáz.da/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.za/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣa.za/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣa.za/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈɣa.za/

Noun

γᾰ́ζᾰ • (gắză) f (genitive γᾰ́ζης); first declension

treasury, treasure
great riches, a large sum of money

Inflection

First declension of ἡ γᾰ́ζᾰ; τῆς γᾰ́ζης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γᾰ́ζᾰ hē gắză	τὼ γᾰ́ζᾱ tṑ gắzā	αἱ γᾰ́ζαι hai gắzai
Genitive	τῆς γᾰ́ζης tês gắzēs	τοῖν γᾰ́ζαιν toîn gắzain	τῶν γᾰζῶν tôn găzôn
Dative	τῇ γᾰ́ζῃ tēî gắzēi	τοῖν γᾰ́ζαιν toîn gắzain	ταῖς γᾰ́ζαις taîs gắzais
Accusative	τὴν γᾰ́ζᾰν tḕn gắzăn	τὼ γᾰ́ζᾱ tṑ gắzā	τᾱ̀ς γᾰ́ζᾱς tā̀s gắzās
Vocative	γᾰ́ζᾰ gắză	γᾰ́ζᾱ gắzā	γᾰ́ζαι gắzai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

γαζοφύλαξ (gazophúlax)

Descendants

→ Latin: gaza

References

“γάζα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“γάζα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
γάζα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
γάζα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
G1047 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Greek

Etymology

From French gaze.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɣa.za/

Noun

γάζα • (gáza) f (plural γάζες)

gauze (bleached cotton fabric used as a surgical dressing)

Declension

Declension of **γάζα**
	singular	plural
nominative	γάζα (gáza)	γάζες (gázes)
genitive	γάζας (gázas)	γαζών (gazón)
accusative	γάζα (gáza)	γάζες (gázes)
vocative	γάζα (gáza)	γάζες (gázes)