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
See also

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

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 —
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