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

Related terms

• storkur
• svanur
• dunna

Irish

Alternative forms

• geas

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
  • Swedish: gås
• Old Danish: gās
  • Danish: gås
    • Norwegian Bokmål: gås
  • Scanian: gás
• Gutnish: gas

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

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

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa(j)s/ [ˈɡa(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa(j)ʃ/ [ˈɡa(ɪ̯)ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaʃ/

• Hyphenation: gás

Noun

gás m (plural gases)

1. gas
2. (in the plural) fart