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)
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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 |
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)
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radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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gás | ghás | ngás |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
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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)
Borrowed from French gaz,[1] from Dutch gas, from Latin chaos, from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos).[2]
gás m (plural gases)