gaza

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.za/

gaza

1. third-person singular past historic of gazer

gaza

1. inflection of gazare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

From Ancient Greek γάζα (gáza).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaz.za/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡad.d͡za/,

gaza f (genitive gazae); first declension

1. treasury
2. treasure, riches
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.118–119:

     Adpārent rārī nantēs in gurgite vastō,
     arma virum, tabulaeque, et Trōia gāza per undās.

     could be seen, scattered – swimming in the vast abyss, men’s weaponry, and also planks , and Trojan treasure – throughout the waves.
     (The Trojan fleet incurs devastating losses during the storm at sea. Here, “arma” would mean shields, helmets, and miscellaneous equipment capable of floating; “virum” is a syncopated form of the genitive plural, “virorum.”)

3. wealth

First-declension noun.

• “gaza”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• gaza in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Borrowed from French gaze, from Arabic قَزّ (qazz).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.za/

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• Rhymes: -aza
• Syllabification: ga‧za
• Homophone: Gaza

gaza f (related adjective gazowy)

1. gauze (thin fabric with open weave)
2. (medicine) gauze (cotton fabric used as surgical dressing)

• gaza in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• gaza in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from French gazer.

a gaza (third-person singular present gazează, past participle gazat) 1st conj.

1. to gas

• cameră de gazare
• gazare
• gazat

• gaz

• IPA^(key): /ɡǎːza/
• Hyphenation: ga‧za

gáza f (Cyrillic spelling га́за)

1. gauze

Compare Italian gassa (“stopper knot”).

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈɡaθa/
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈɡasa/
• Rhymes: -aθa
• Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: ga‧za
• Homophones: Gaza, (Latin America) gasa

gaza f (plural gazas)

1. eye splice

• “gaza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

gaza

1. decorative design