gás

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gas"

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse gás, from Proto-Germanic *gans, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰans-. Cognates include Old English gōs (English goose), Old Frisian gōs (West Frisian goes), Old Saxon gōs, gās (German Low German Goos), Dutch gans, Old High German gans (German Gans), Portuguese ganso, Spanish ganso.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔɑːs/

Noun

gás f (genitive singular gásar, plural gæs)

  1. goose (Anser)

Declension

f25 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gás gásin gæs gæsnar
accusative gás gásina gæs gæsnar
dative gás gásini gásum gásunum, gæsnum
genitive gásar gásarinnar gása gásanna

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Dutch gas, a word coined by chemist Van Helmont. Perhaps inspired by Dutch geest (“breath, vapour, spirit”) or from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “chasm, void”).

Noun

gás m (genitive singular gáis, nominative plural gáis)

  1. gas
  2. paraffin oil

Declension

Declension of gás (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative gás gáis
vocative a gháis a ghása
genitive gáis gás
dative gás gáis
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an gás na gáis
genitive an gháis na ngás
dative leis an ngás
don ghás 		leis na gáis

Derived terms

  • cochall gáis (“gas mantle”)
  • fear an gháis (“gasman”)
  • gás guail (“coal-gas”)
  • gás nádúrtha (“natural gas”)
  • gás portaigh (“marsh gas”)
  • gás támh (“inert gas”)
  • gásach (“gaseous; gassy”, adjective)
  • gásaigh (“gas”, verb)
  • gásdíonach (“gas-proof”, adjective)
  • gásdóire (“gas burner”)
  • gásfháinne (“gas ring”)
  • gásghineadóir (“gas generator”)
  • gáslampa (“gas lamp”)
  • gáslíonta (“gas-filled”, adjective)
  • gásmhéadar (“gas meter”)
  • gásoigheann (“gas oven”)
  • gásphíopa (“gas pipe”)
  • gásphúicín (“gas mask”)
  • gásumar (“pneumatic trough”)
  • inneall gáis (“gas-engine”)
  • méadar gáis (“gas meter”)
  • píopa gáis (“gas pipe”)
  • príomhphíopa gáis (“gas-main”)
  • solas gáis (“gaslight”)
  • teoiric chinéiteach na ngás (“kinetic theory of gases”)
  • tine gháis (“gas fire”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gás
radical lenition eclipsis
gás ghás ngás

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gás”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “gas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gans, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰans-. Cognates include Old English gōs (English goose), Old Frisian gōs (West Frisian goes), Old Saxon gōs, gās (German Low German Goos), Dutch gans, Old High German gans (German Gans), Portuguese ganso, Spanish ganso.

Pronunciation

  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ɡɒ̃ːs/

Noun

gás f (genitive gásar, plural gæss)

  1. goose
  2. vulva

Declension

Declension of gás (strong consonant stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gás gásin gæss gæssnar
accusative gás gásina gæss gæssnar
dative gás gásinni gásum gásunum
genitive gásar gásarinnar gása gásanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: gás, ⇒ gæs (analogously after plural gæss)
  • Faroese: gás
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gås
  • Elfdalian: gą̊s
  • Old Swedish: gās, ᚵᛆᛋ
  • Old Danish: gās
  • Gutnish: gas

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French gaz,[1] from Dutch gas, from Latin chaos, from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos).[2] Doublet of caos.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɡa(j)s/ [ˈɡa(ɪ̯)s]

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -as, -ajs, (Portugal) -aʃ
  • Hyphenation: gás

Noun

gás m (plural gases)

  1. (physical chemistry) gas (material in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma)
  2. (physical chemistry) gas (chemical element or compound in such a state)
  3. (in the plural) gas, flatus (gas generated in the digestive tract)
  4. fizz (emission of a rapid stream of bubbles)
  5. (figurative) enthusiasm, liveliness

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ “gás”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
  2. ^ “gás”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
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