gassa

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɡa.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈɡa.sa]

Etymology 1

Compare Spanish gaza (“eye splice”).

Noun

gassa f (plural gasses)

1. (nautical) loop, bight

Derived terms

• engassar

Related terms

• gansalla

Etymology 2

Noun

gassa f (plural gasses)

1. Alternative form of gasa

Further reading

• “gassa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Italian

Etymology

Compare Spanish gaza (“eye splice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡas.sa/
• Rhymes: -assa
• Hyphenation: gàs‧sa

Noun

gassa f (plural gasse)

1. (nautical) stopper knot

Descendants

• → Serbo-Croatian: gȁša, га̏ша

Anagrams

• sgasa

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• gasset

Verb

gassa

1. inflection of gasse:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Swedish

Etymology

Unknown.

Verb

gassa (present gassar, preterite gassade, supine gassat, imperative gassa)

1. shine warmly and intensely (of the sun or another powerful light source)
2. (reflexive) bask

Conjugation

Conjugation of gassa (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	gassa		—
Supine	gassat		—
Imperative	gassa		—
Imper. plural1	gassen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	gassar	gassade	—	—
Ind. plural1	gassa	gassade	—	—
Subjunctive2	gasse	gassade	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	gassande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• gass
• gassig

References

• gassa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• gassa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• gassa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• gassa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)