gæs - geese
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)
- goose (Anser)
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)
- gas
- paraffin oil
Irish mutation
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gás
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ghás
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gás”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “gas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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.
- (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ɡɒ̃ːs/
gás f (genitive gásar, plural gæss)
- goose
- vulva
Declension of gás (strong consonant stem)
Borrowed from French gaz,[1] from Dutch gas, from Latin chaos, from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos).[2]
gás m (plural gases)
- gas
- (in the plural) fart