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gaza

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French

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gaza

  1. third-person singular past historic of gazer

Italian

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Verb

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gaza

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

Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek γάζα (gáza).

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Noun

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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

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First-declension noun.

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

References

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  • 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

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aza
  • Syllabification: ga‧za
  • Homophone: Gaza

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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gaza f (related adjective gazowy)

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

Etymology 2

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See gaz.

Noun

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gaza f (related adjective gazowy)

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

Further reading

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  • 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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French gazer.

Verb

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

  1. to gas

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Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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gáza f (Cyrillic spelling га́за)

  1. gauze

Declension

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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

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Etymology

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Compare Italian gassa (stopper knot).

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Noun

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gaza f (plural gazas)

  1. eye splice

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Yami

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Noun

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gaza

  1. decorative design