gás

See also: gas, Gas, gås, gås', gãs, gaś, and gą̊s

Faroese

gæs - geese

Etymology

From Old Norse gás, from Proto-Germanic *gans, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰans-.

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

Borrowed 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

Derived terms

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

  • "gás" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “gas” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

gás f (genitive gásar, plural gæss)

  1. goose
  2. vulva

Declension

Descendants

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French gaz, from Dutch gas, from Latin chaos, from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos).

Pronunciation

Noun

gás m (plural gases)

  1. gas
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