gaza

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.za/

gaza

1. third-person singular past historic of gazer

gaza

1. inflection of gazare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

From Ancient Greek γάζα (gáza).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɡaz.za]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɡad̪.d̪͡z̪a]

gaza f (genitive gazae); first declension

1. treasury
2. treasure, riches
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.118–119:

     Adpārent rārī nantēs in gurgite vastō,
     arma virum, tabulaeque, et Trōia gaza per undās.

     [These things] could be seen, scattered – [men] swimming in the vast abyss, men’s weaponry, and also planks [from the ships], and Trojan treasure – throughout the waves.
     (The Trojan fleet incurs devastating losses during the storm at sea. Here, “arma” would mean shields, helmets, and miscellaneous equipment capable of floating; “virum” is a genitive plural form.)

3. wealth

First-declension noun.

• “gaza”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "gaza", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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• Rhymes: -aza
• Syllabification: ga‧za
• Homophone: Gaza

Borrowed from French gaze, from Arabic قَزّ (qazz).

gaza f (related adjective gazowy)

1. gauze (thin fabric with open weave)
2. (medicine) gauze (cotton fabric used as surgical dressing)

See gaz.

gaza f (related adjective gazowy)

1. (Far Masovian, Kolno, Kurpie, Suwałki, Augustów Governorate) alternative form of gaz (“paraffin, kerosene”)

• gaza in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• gaza in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Jan Karłowicz (1901) “gaz”, in Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 2: F do K, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 60

Borrowed from French gazer.

a gaza (third-person singular present gazează, past participle gazat) 1st conjugation

1. to gas

• cameră de gazare
• gazare
• gazat

• gaz

• IPA^(key): /ɡǎːza/
• Hyphenation: ga‧za

gáza f (Cyrillic spelling га́за)

1. gauze

Compare Italian gassa (“stopper knot”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaθa/ [ˈɡa.θa] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡasa/ [ˈɡa.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aθa (Spain)
• Rhymes: -asa (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: ga‧za
• Homophones: Gaza, (Latin America) gasa

gaza f (plural gazas)

1. eye splice

• “gaza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

gaza

1. decorative design