gaza

See also: Gaza, Gazą, Gáza, Gâza, Gâză, gazá, gazą, gaža, gaża, gażą, gáza, gâza, and gâză

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.za/

Verb

gaza

1. third-person singular past historic of gazer

Italian

Verb

gaza

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

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γάζα (gáza).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɡaz.za]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɡad̪.d̪͡z̪a]

Noun

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 gaza per undās.

     [These things] could be seen, scattered – [men] swimming in the vast abyss, men’s weaponry, and also planks [from the ships], 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 genitive plural form.)

3. wealth

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	gaza	gazae
genitive	gazae	gazārum
dative	gazae	gazīs
accusative	gazam	gazās
ablative	gazā	gazīs
vocative	gaza	gazae

References

• “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)

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.za/

• (Masovia):
  • (Kurpie) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.za/
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.za/
  • (Suwałki) IPA^(key): [ˈɡa.za]

• Audio:

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

gaza f (related adjective gazowy)

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

Declension

Declension of gaza

	singular	plural
nominative	gaza	gazy
genitive	gazy	gaz
dative	gazie	gazom
accusative	gazę	gazy
instrumental	gazą	gazami
locative	gazie	gazach
vocative	gazo	gazy

Derived terms

noun

• gazik

Etymology 2

See gaz.

Noun

gaza f (related adjective gazowy)

1. (Far Masovian, Kolno, Kurpie, Suwałki, Augustów Governorate) Alternative form of gaz (“paraffin, kerosene”)

Further reading

• gaza in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• gaza in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Jan Karłowicz (1901) “gaz”, in Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 2: F do K, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 60

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French gazer.

Verb

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

1. to gas

Conjugation

    conjugation of gaza (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a gaza
gerund			gazând
past participle			gazat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	gazez	gazezi	gazează	gazăm	gazați	gazează
	imperfect	gazam	gazai	gaza	gazam	gazați	gazau
	simple perfect	gazai	gazași	gază	gazarăm	gazarăți	gazară
	pluperfect	gazasem	gazaseși	gazase	gazaserăm	gazaserăți	gazaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să gazez	să gazezi	să gazeze	să gazăm	să gazați	să gazeze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		gazează			gazați
	negative		nu gaza			nu gazați

Derived terms

• cameră de gazare
• gazare
• gazat

Related terms

• gaz

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

gáza f (Cyrillic spelling га́за)

1. gauze

Declension

Declension of gaza

	singular	plural
nominative	gaza	gaze
genitive	gaze	gaza
dative	gazi	gazama
accusative	gazu	gaze
vocative	gazo	gaze
locative	gazi	gazama
instrumental	gazom	gazama

Spanish

Etymology

Compare Italian gassa (“stopper knot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈɡaθa/ [ˈɡa.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈɡasa/ [ˈɡa.sa]
• Rhymes: -aθa
• Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: ga‧za
• Homophones: Gaza, (Latin America) gasa

Noun

gaza f (plural gazas)

1. eye splice

Further reading

• “gaza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Yami

Noun

gaza

1. decorative design