газ

See also: ГАЗ and газ.

Belarusian

Pronunciation

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Noun

1. gas (state of matter)

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Bulgarian

Noun

газ • (gaz) m

1. gas (state of matter)

   блатен газ — marsh gas

   природен газ — natural gas

   имам газове — suffer from flatulence

   пускам газове — break wind

2. petroleum, oil
3. paraffin/kerosene
4. (automotive) accelerator, gas

   давам газ — step on the accelerator/gas

   отпускам газта — let off the accelerator/gas

5. (textile) gauze, gossamer

   копринен газ — tiffany, thin silk

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Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	گاز
Cyrillic	газ
Latin	gaz

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian газ (gaz), from French gaz, from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “chasm, void”).

Noun

газ • (gaz)

1. (physics) gas

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Macedonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *gǫzъ/*guzъ.

Noun

газ • (gaz) m (plural газови, diminutive газе or газенце)

1. (colloquial) bottom, buttocks, ass

Inflection

Declension of газ

	singular	plural
indefinite	газ	газови
definite unspecified	газот	газовите
definite proximal	газов	газовиве
definite distal	газон	газовине
vocative	газу	газови
count form	—	газа

Synonyms

• задник (zadnik)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *gazъ.

Noun

газ • (gaz) m

1. ford

Synonyms

• газалиште (gazalište)

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Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡas]
• Homophone: гас (gas)

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -as

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French gaz, from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “chasm, void”).

Noun

газ • (gaz) m inan (genitive га́за, nominative plural га́зы, genitive plural га́зов)

1. gas (state of matter)
2. (colloquial) natural gas
4. (colloquial) gas, gas pedal, throttle
5. (plural only) wind, gas
6. (colloquial, rare) vodka

Declension

Declension of газ (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	га́з gáz	га́зы gázy
genitive	га́за gáza	га́зов gázov
dative	га́зу gázu	га́зам gázam
accusative	га́з gáz	га́зы gázy
instrumental	га́зом gázom	га́зами gázami
prepositional	га́зе gáze	га́зах gázax

Related terms

• газоразря́дный (gazorazrjádnyj)
• газосветный (gazosvetnyj)
• газораспределительный (gazoraspredelitelʹnyj)
• газодинами́ческий (gazodinamíčeskij)
• газоанализа́тор m (gazoanalizátor)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French gaze (“gauze”), probably from the Palestinian town of Gaza where the material was believed to originate.

Noun

газ • (gaz) m inan (genitive га́за, uncountable)

1. (singularonly) gauze, gossamer (fabric)

Declension

Declension of газ (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	га́з gáz
genitive	га́за gáza
dative	га́зу gázu
accusative	га́з gáz
instrumental	га́зом gázom
prepositional	га́зе gáze

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Persian گز (gaz, “cubit, a length of 24 finger-breadths, or six hands”), whence also Urdu گز (guz, “yard, three feet”), Armenian գազ (gaz), Kurdish, Chagatai gez, kez.

Noun

газ • (gaz) m inan (genitive га́за, nominative plural га́зы, genitive plural га́зов)

1. guz (obsolete unit of length in Asia) (around two to three feet, depending on the region)

Declension

Declension of газ (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	га́з gáz	га́зы gázy
genitive	га́за gáza	га́зов gázov
dative	га́зу gázu	га́зам gázam
accusative	га́з gáz	га́зы gázy
instrumental	га́зом gázom	га́зами gázami
prepositional	га́зе gáze	га́зах gázax

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gazъ, from extension of Proto-Indo-European *gʷā- (“to go”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡâːz/

Noun

га̑з m (Latin spelling gȃz)

1. ford, shallow place
2. draft (of a ship)

Declension

Declension of газ

	singular	plural
nominative	га̑з	га́зови
genitive	газа	газова
dative	газу	газовима
accusative	газ	газове
vocative	газу	газови
locative	газу	газовима
instrumental	газом	газовима

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Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• газ:

  (file)

Noun

газ • (haz) m inan (genitive га́зу, nominative plural га́зи)

1. gas (state of matter)

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “газ”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka