gás

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gas"

Faroese
gæs - geese

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
Declension of gás
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:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gás gáis
Vocative a gháis a ghása
Genitive gáis gás
Dative gás gáis

Forms with the definite article:

Case 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
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gás ghás ngás
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gás”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “gas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024

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]

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

  • Hyphenation: gás

Noun

gás m (plural gases)

  1. gas
  2. (in the plural) fart

References
  1. “gás” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
  2. “gás” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
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