gāze

See also: gaze, Gaze, gazé, gāzē, gáže, and -gaze

Latvian

Etymology 1

Likely via German Gas or Russian газ (gaz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡāːze]

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Noun

gāze f (5th declension, irregular plural genitive)

1. (chemistry) gas (state of matter), gaseous substance

Declension

Declension of gāze (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	gāze	gāzes
accusative (akuzatīvs)	gāzi	gāzes
genitive (ģenitīvs)	gāzes	gāzu
dative (datīvs)	gāzei	gāzēm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	gāzi	gāzēm
locative (lokatīvs)	gāzē	gāzēs
vocative (vokatīvs)	gāze	gāzes

Related terms

• tvaiks

See also

• States of matter:

  cietviela, šķidrums, gāze

Etymology 2

Apparently cognate with gāzt (“to topple over, to cause to fall down”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡâːze]

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Noun

gāze f (5th declension)

1. heavy rain, downpour

Declension

Declension of gāze (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	gāze	gāzes
accusative (akuzatīvs)	gāzi	gāzes
genitive (ģenitīvs)	gāzes	gāžu
dative (datīvs)	gāzei	gāzēm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	gāzi	gāzēm
locative (lokatīvs)	gāzē	gāzēs
vocative (vokatīvs)	gāze	gāzes

Synonyms

• auka
• lietus
• vētra

Etymology 3

Likely via Russian газ (gaz, “gauze”), or perhaps German Gaze (“gauze”).

Noun

gāze f (5th declension)

1. gauze, gossamer (fabric)

Declension

Declension of gāze (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	gāze	—
accusative (akuzatīvs)	gāzi	—
genitive (ģenitīvs)	gāzes	—
dative (datīvs)	gāzei	—
instrumental (instrumentālis)	gāzi	—
locative (lokatīvs)	gāzē	—
vocative (vokatīvs)	gāze	—