gas
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- enPR: găs, IPA(key): /ɡæs/
- enPR: găz, IPA(key): /ɡæz/ (regional)
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -æs
- Rhymes: -æz (some speakers)
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Dutch gas, coined by chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont in Ortus Medicinae. Derived from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “chasm, void, empty space”); perhaps also inspired by geest (“breath, vapour, spirit”). Doublet of chaos. First attested in 1648.
Noun edit
gas (countable and uncountable, plural gases or gasses)
- (uncountable, physical chemistry) Matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid, or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly by deposition.
- 2013 July–August, Lee S. Langston, “The Adaptable Gas Turbine”, in American Scientist[1], archived from the original on 7 September 2013:
- Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.
- (uncountable) A flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating, electricity generation or as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles, especially natural gas.
- Gas-fired power stations have largely replaced coal-burning ones.
- (uncountable, military) Poison gas.
- The artillery fired gas shells into the enemy trenches.
- (countable, physical chemistry) A chemical element or compound in such a state.
- The atmosphere is made up of a number of different gases.
- (countable) A hob on a gas cooker.
- She turned the gas on, put the potatoes on, then lit the oven.
- (uncountable) Methane or other waste gases trapped in one's belly as a result of the digestive process; flatus.
- Synonym: wind
- My tummy hurts so bad – I have gas.
- 2008, Nicholas Drayson, A Guide to the Birds of East Africa, page 72:
- But anyone with that many large brown birds aroost in his cranium and that much gas in his bottom was clearly not a well person.
- (slang, dated) A humorous or entertaining event, person or thing.
- 1963 May, Gloria Steinem, “A Bunny's Tale”, in Show Magazine[2], archived from the original on 2017-10-04:
- Two more girls came in, one in bright pink stretch pants and the other in purple. “Man this place is a gas,” said pink.
- 1971, Marc Bolan (lyrics and music), “Life's a Gas”, in Electric Warrior, performed by T. Rex:
- No it really doesn't matter at all / Life's a gas / I hope it's going to last
- 1973 March 1, “Money” (track 6), in The Dark Side of the Moon[3], performed by Pink Floyd:
- Money, it's a gas. Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash.
- 1978, “Heart of Glass”, in Parallel Lines, performed by Blondie:
- Once I had a love and it was a gas / Soon turned out had a heart of glass
- 1979, “Belsen Was a Gas”, in The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle, performed by Sex Pistols:
- Be a man, Be a man / Belsen was a gas / Be a man, kill someone
- 2011 October 11, “Jumping Jack Flash (Live 1973)” (track 14), in Brussels Affair (Live 1973)[4], performed by The Rolling Stones:
- One two! I was born in a cross-fire hurricane. And I howled at the maw in the drivin' rain. But it's all right now, in fact, it's a gas. But it's all right. I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash. It's a gas, gas, gas.
- (slang) Frothy or boastful talk; chatter.
- 2017 July 1, “About That”, performed by Soph Aspin and Millie B:
- Bang, little boy, stop with the gas / Little T, man he chats up his ass
- (baseball) A fastball.
- The closer threw him nothing but gas.
- (medicine, colloquial) Arterial or venous blood gas.
Derived terms edit
- air gas
- base gas
- blast furnace gas
- bottled gas
- breathing gas
- Calor gas
- camping gas
- carbonic acid gas
- carrier gas
- CN gas
- coal gas
- coal seam gas (CSG)
- coke oven gas
- combined gas law
- cooking on gas
- cooking with gas
- CS gas
- degas
- drip gas
- exhaust gas
- Fermi gas
- filling gas
- flue gas
- freedom gas
- gas and air
- gas and gaiters
- gasbag
- gas balloon
- gas bar
- gas bladder
- gas boat
- gas bottle
- gas bracket
- gas-bracket
- gas burner
- gas centrifuge
- gas chamber
- gas check
- gas chromatograph
- gas chromatography
- gas clathrate
- gas coal
- gas constant
- gas cylinder
- gas dynamics
- gas engine
- gaseous
- gas field
- gas fire
- gas-fired
- gas fitter
- gas flaring
- gas gauge
- gas generator
- gas giant
- gasholder
- gas-house egg
- gas hydrate
- gasify
- gas jar
- gas-jet
- gas jet
- gas jockey
- gaslamp, gas lamp
- gas law
- gasless
- gaslight, gas light, gas-light
- gas lighter
- gas-lighter
- gas lighting
- gas-lighting
- gaslike
- gas line
- gas-liquid chromatography
- gaslit, gas-lit
- gas main
- gasman
- gas mantle
- gas mark
- gas mask
- gas-masked
- gas mechanics
- gas meter
- gas meter bandit
- gasometer
- gas on a stick
- gas passer
- gas pipeline
- gas plant
- gas poker
- gas-powered
- gassy
- gas syringe
- gas tar
- gas turbine
- gas van
- gas washer
- gas water
- gasworks, gas works
- greenhouse gas
- happy gas
- have a gas
- hydrogen gas
- hydrogen gas electrode
- ideal gas
- ideal gas law
- illuminating gas
- inert gas
- inert gas narcosis
- Knudsen gas
- laughing gas
- lifting gas
- liquefied natural gas
- liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)
- liquid gas
- liquid natural gas
- liquified natural gas
- marsh gas
- Mond gas
- mustard gas
- natural gas
- natural gas liquid
- nerve gas
- Nevada gas
- noble gas
- nonideal gas
- non-ideal gas
- OC gas
- off-gas
- oil gas
- olefiant gas
- outgas
- oxygen gas
- packaging gas
- pass gas
- pepper gas, pepper-gas
- Pintsch gas
- poison gas
- power to gas
- producer gas
- purple gas
- rotten egg gas, rotten-egg gas
- sewer gas
- shale gas
- sneeze gas
- sour gas
- super greenhouse gas
- swamp gas
- synthesis gas, syngas
- take gas
- tear gas, tear-gas
- town gas
- towns gas
- ullage gas
- van der Waals gas
- water gas
- wet gas
- white gas
- wood gas
Translations edit
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Verb edit
gas (third-person singular simple present gases or gasses, present participle gassing, simple past and past participle gassed)
- (transitive) To attack or kill with poison gas.
- The Nazis gassed millions of Jews during the Holocaust.
- He never fully recovered after he was gassed on the Western Front.
- (intransitive, slang) To talk in a boastful or vapid way; chatter.
- 1899, Stephen Crane, chapter 1, in Twelve O'Clock:
- […] (it was the town's humour to be always gassing of phantom investors who were likely to come any moment and pay a thousand prices for everything) — “ […] Them rich fellers, they don't make no bad breaks with their money. […] ”
- 1955, C. S. Lewis, chapter 3, in The Magician's Nephew, Collins, published 1998:
- "Well don't keep on gassing about it," said Digory.
- (transitive, slang) To impose upon by talking boastfully.
- 2018 September 14, “Don't Gas Me” (track 1), in Don't Gas Me[5], performed by Dizzy Rascal:
- I went shop and the boss man said "Don't pay me it's fine" and I said ...(whaaat): "You ain't gotta gas, I'm gas fam" ( don't gas me), "You ain't gotta gas, I'm gas fam".
- (intransitive) To emit gas.
- The battery cell was gassing.
- (transitive) To impregnate with gas.
- to gas lime with chlorine in the manufacture of bleaching powder
- (transitive) To singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove loose fibers.
- to gas thread
Translations edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
gas (countable and uncountable, plural gases or gasses)
- (uncountable, Canada, US, New Zealand) Gasoline, a light derivative of petroleum used as fuel.
- Synonyms: (US) gasoline, (British) petrol, see also Thesaurus:petroleum
- (uncountable, Canada, US, by extension) Ellipsis of gas pedal.
- (uncountable, cryptocurrencies) An internal virtual currency used in Ethereum to pay for certain operations, such as blockchain transactions.
- 2018, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Gavin Wood, Mastering Ethereum: Building Smart Contracts and DApps[6], O'Reilly Media, →ISBN:
- Gas is the fuel of Ethereum. Gas is not ether–it's a separate virtual currency with its own exchange rate against ether. Ethereum uses gas to control the amount of resources that transactions can use […]
- 2021 November 6, Ben Butler, “Australian banks are opening up to cryptocurrency: what does it mean for you?”, in The Guardian[7]:
- The average “gas fee” – transaction cost – of an Ethereum transaction is between US$85 and US $156, according to crypto.com data.
- (slang, uncountable) Marijuana, typically of high quality.
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Verb edit
gas (third-person singular simple present gases or gasses, present participle gassing, simple past and past participle gassed)
- (US) To give a vehicle more fuel in order to accelerate it.
- Synonyms: hit the gas, step on the gas
- The cops are coming. Gas it!
- (US) To fill (a vehicle's fuel tank) with fuel.
- Synonym: refuel
Derived terms edit
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Etymology 3 edit
Compare the slang usage of "a gas", above.
Adjective edit
gas (comparative gasser, superlative gassest)
- (slang) Comical, zany; fun, amusing.
- Mary's new boyfriend is a gas man.
- It was gas when the bird flew into the classroom.
- 2016, Liz Nugent, Lying In Wait, →ISBN, page 113:
- The other models were gas fun, though they were all a bit hoity-toity.
- 2018 September 14, “Don't Gas Me” (track 1), in Don't Gas Me[8], performed by Dizzy Rascal:
- I went shop and the boss man said "Don't pay me it's fine" and I said ...(whaaat): "You ain't gotta gas, I'm gas fam" ( don't gas me), "You ain't gotta gas, I'm gas fam".
Anagrams edit
Afrikaans edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
gas (plural gaste)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
gas (plural gasse)
- gas (substance in gaseous phase)
Basque edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
gas inan
Declension edit
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | gas | gasa | gasak |
ergative | gasek | gasak | gasek |
dative | gasi | gasari | gasei |
genitive | gasen | gasaren | gasen |
comitative | gasekin | gasarekin | gasekin |
causative | gasengatik | gasarengatik | gasengatik |
benefactive | gasentzat | gasarentzat | gasentzat |
instrumental | gasez | gasaz | gasez |
inessive | gasetan | gasean | gasetan |
locative | gasetako | gaseko | gasetako |
allative | gasetara | gasera | gasetara |
terminative | gasetaraino | gaseraino | gasetaraino |
directive | gasetarantz | gaserantz | gasetarantz |
destinative | gasetarako | gaserako | gasetarako |
ablative | gasetatik | gasetik | gasetatik |
partitive | gasik | — | — |
prolative | gastzat | — | — |
Derived terms edit
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gas m (plural gasos)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “gas” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “gas”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “gas” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “gas” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Chinese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gas
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) gas (fuel)
Derived terms edit
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Coined by chemist Jan Baptiste van Helmont in Ortus Medicinae (1648), by way of deliberate similarity to Greek χάος (cháos, “chasm, void, chaos”).
Noun edit
gas n (plural gassen, diminutive gasje n)
Derived terms edit
- aardgas
- afvalgas
- autogas
- biogas
- blauwzuurgas
- broeikasgas
- campinggas
- chloorgas
- edelgas
- gasaanleg
- gasaansteker
- gasaanval
- gasaarde
- gasachtig
- gasautomaat
- gasbarbecue
- gasbaten
- gasbedrijf
- gasbel
- gasbescherming
- gasboei
- gasbom
- gasboring
- gasbrander
- gasbron
- gasbuis
- gascel
- gascentrale
- gascilinder
- gascoke
- gasdicht
- gasdruk
- gasexplosie
- gasfabriek
- gasfilter
- gasfitter
- gasfles
- gasfornuis
- gasgeiser
- gasgenerator
- gasgloeilicht
- gasgranaat
- gashaard
- gashendel
- gashouder
- gasijs
- gaskachel
- gaskamer
- gaskast
- gasketel
- gasklok
- gaskous
- gaskraan
- gaskroon
- gaslamp
- gaslantaarn
- gasleiding
- gaslek
- gaslicht
- gaslucht
- gasmasker
- gasmengsel
- gasmeter
- gasmotor
- gasnet
- gasnevel
- gasolie
- gasoline
- gasometer
- gasontploffing
- gasoorlog
- gasoven
- gaspatroon
- gaspedaal
- gaspenning
- gaspijp
- gaspistool
- gaspit
- gasplaneet
- gaspook
- gasprijs
- gasproductie
- gasradiator
- gasreserve
- gasreus
- gasrotonde
- gassig
- gasslang
- gassluis
- gasstel
- gastank
- gastarief
- gasthermometer
- gastoestel
- gasturbine
- gasveer
- gasveld
- gasverbruik
- gasvergiftiging
- gasvering
- gasverlichting
- gasverwarming
- gasvlam
- gasvoorraad
- gasvoorziening
- gasvormig
- gasvorming
- gasvrij
- gaswinning
- gaswolk
- gifgas
- knalgas
- kolengas
- lachgas
- lichtgas
- mijngas
- moerasgas
- mosterdgas
- motorgas
- oorlogsgas
- plankgas
- strijdgas
- traangas
- turfgas
- uitlaatgas
- waterstofgas
- zenuwgas
- zuurstofgas
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Dutch gasse (“unpaved street”), from Middle High German gazze, from Old High German gazza, from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ.
Noun edit
gas f (plural gassen, diminutive gasje n)
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
gas
- inflection of gassen:
Galician edit
Noun edit
gas m (plural gases)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Icelandic edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
gas n (genitive singular gass, nominative plural gös)
- gas (state of matter)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
gas n (genitive singular gass, no plural)
Declension edit
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Anagrams edit
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch gas (“gas”), a term coined by chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont. Perhaps inspired by geest (“breath, vapour, spirit”) or by chaos (“chaos”), from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “chasm, void”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gas (plural gas-gas, first-person possessive gasku, second-person possessive gasmu, third-person possessive gasnya)
- gas
- (chemistry, physics) Matter in a state intermediate between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid) (or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly.
- A flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture (typically predominantly methane) used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating, electricity generation or as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles.
Derived terms edit
Compounds edit
- gas air
- gas air mata
- gas alam
- gas basah
- gas batu bara
- gas bersin
- gas buang
- gas bumi
- gas gelap
- gas ikutan
- gas karbit
- gas karbon
- gas kecut
- gas kilang
- gas lamban
- gas lembam
- gas lembap
- gas minyak cair
- gas mulia
- gas pemati lemas
- gas pencerna
- gas pencerna anaerob
- gas penyesak napas
- gas racun
- gas rawa
- gas rumah kaca
- gas saraf
- gas sintesis
- gas tanur
- gas toksik
Verb edit
gas
- (colloquial) to hit the gas, to accelerate.
- Synonym: mengegas
Further reading edit
- “gas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Interlingua edit
Noun edit
gas (plural gases)
Irish edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gas m (genitive singular gais, nominative plural gais or gasa)
Declension edit
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Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
gas | ghas | ngas |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “gas” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “gas” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gas m (uncountable)
- gas (state of matter, petroleum)
- carbon dioxide (in fizzy drinks)
- petrol
- Synonym: benzina
- poison gas
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- gas in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Coined by chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont (appearing in his Ortus Medicinae as an invariable noun).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gas n (genitive gasis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | gas | gasa |
Genitive | gasis | gasum |
Dative | gasī | gasibus |
Accusative | gas | gasa |
Ablative | gase | gasibus |
Vocative | gas | gasa |
Malay edit
Etymology edit
From English gas or Dutch gas.
Noun edit
gas (Jawi spelling ݢس, plural gas-gas, informal 1st possessive gasku, 2nd possessive gasmu, 3rd possessive gasnya)
- gas.
Further reading edit
- “gas” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Naga Pidgin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Assamese গছ (gos).
Noun edit
gas
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Old French gars, nominative singular form of garçon.
Noun edit
gas m (plural gas)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
gas m (definite singular gasen, indefinite plural gaser, definite plural gasene)
See also edit
References edit
- “gas” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
gas m (definite singular gasen, indefinite plural gasar, definite plural gasane)
See also edit
References edit
- “gas” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Saxon edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *gans, from Proto-Germanic *gans, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.
Noun edit
gās f
- a goose
Declension edit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | gās | gās |
accusative | gāses | gāse |
genitive | gās | gās |
dative | gāsō | gāsum |
instrumental | — | — |
Descendants edit
- Low German: Goos
Old Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse gás, from Proto-Germanic *gans.
Noun edit
gās f
Declension edit
Descendants edit
- Swedish: gås
Rohingya edit
Etymology edit
From Sanskrit.
Noun edit
gas
Romagnol edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch gas (“gas”), invented by Jan Baptiste van Helmont, from Latin chaos (“chaos”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gas m (plural ghës)
Serbo-Croatian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gȃs m (Cyrillic spelling га̑с)
- (chiefly Bosnia, Serbia or colloquial) gas (state of matter)
- Synonym: (Croatian) plȋn
- gas (as fuel for combustion engines)
- (figuratively) acceleration
- dȁti gȃs - “give gas”: accelerate
- gas pedal, accelerator
Declension edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Dutch gas, coined by Belgian chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont. Perhaps inspired by Middle Dutch gheest (Modern Dutch geest (“breath, vapour, spirit”), or from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “chasm, void”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gas m (plural gases)
- gas (matter between liquid and plasma)
- gas (an element or compound in such a state)
- gas (flammable gas used for combustion)
- (in the plural) gas (waste gases trapped in one's belly)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “gas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams edit
Swedish edit
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Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
gas c
- gas; a state of matter
- gas; a compound or element in such a state
- gas; gaseous fuels
- (plural only: gaser) gas; waste gas
- gas pedal, acceleration (compare gaspedal (“gas pedal”) and gasa (“accelerate, hit the gas”))
- trampa på gasen
- step on the gas
- full gas
- full throttle
- gasen i botten
- pedal to the metal
Declension edit
Declension of gas | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | gas | gasen | gaser | gaserna |
Genitive | gas | gasens | gasers | gasernas |
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From French gaze. Attested since 1670.
Noun edit
gas c
Declension edit
Declension of gas | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | gas | gasen | — | — |
Genitive | gass | gasens | — | — |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- gas in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- gas in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- gas in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams edit
Tagalog edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Either from English gas, itself a clipping of gasoline, or a clipping of gasolina.
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
gas (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜐ᜔)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Either from Spanish gas or English gas, ultimately from Dutch gas.
Noun edit
gas (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜐ᜔)
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
gas
- Soft mutation of cas.
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
cas | gas | nghas | chas |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
West Frisian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gas n (plural gassen)
Further reading edit
- “gas”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011