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غاز
gas /ˈɣaːz/
nounB1#1468 most common
Also: fuel gas (cooking/heating), fumes
Example sentences
الغازُ خطيرٌ.
Gas is dangerous.
نستعملُ الغازَ في الطبخِ.
We use gas for cooking.
انفجرَ أنبوبُ الغازِ في المطبخِ.
The gas pipe exploded in the kitchen.
ارتفعتْ أسعارُ الغازِ الطبيعيِّ هذا الشتاءَ.
Natural gas prices rose this winter.
تعتمدُ كثيرٌ من الدولِ على الغازِ المسالِ لتوليدِ الكهرباءِ.
Many countries rely on liquefied gas to generate electricity.
حذّرتِ السلطاتُ من تسرّبِ غازٍ سامٍّ قد يخنقُ السكانَ المجاورين.
The authorities warned of a leak of toxic gas that could suffocate nearby residents.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | غازٌ | غازاتٌ |
| Genitive | غازٍ | غازاتٍ |
| Accusative | غازًا | غازاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا غازُ | يا غازاتُ |
Word family
غازاتgases
غازيّgaseous, fizzy
مشروب غازيcarbonated drink
غاز طبيعيnatural gas
غاز مسيل للدموعtear gas
Etymology
غاز is a modern loanword that entered Arabic in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries from French gaz or English gas. The European word was coined around 1640 by the Flemish chemist Jan Baptista van Helmont, who based it on Greek khaos, meaning empty space. The word has no native Arabic root and is treated as a borrowed stem.
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