gás - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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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.
gás f (genitive singular gásar, plural gæs)
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”).
gás m (genitive singular gáis, nominative plural gáis)
- 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”)
| 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.
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gás”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “gas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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.
gás f (genitive gásar, plural gæss)
- Icelandic: gás, ⇒ gæs (analogously after plural gæss)
- Faroese: gás
- Norwegian Nynorsk: gås
- Elfdalian: gą̊s
- Old Swedish: gās, ᚵᛆᛋ
- Swedish: gås
- Old Danish: gās
- Gutnish: gas
Borrowed from French gaz,[1] from Dutch gas, from Latin chaos, from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos).[2]
- Hyphenation: gás
gás m (plural gases)
- ^ “gás”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- ^ “gás”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025