maagaas

Estonian

Etymology

maa (“earth”) +‎ gaas (“gas”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːˌɡ̊ɑːs(ʲ)/, [ˈmɑːˌɡ̊ɑːs(ʲ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑːs, -ɑːsʲ
• Hyphenation: maa‧gaas

Noun

maagaas (genitive maagaasi, partitive maagaasi)

1. natural gas (gas mixture contained in the rock mass in the earth's crust, which is used, for example, as fuel)

Declension

Declension of maagaas (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		maagaas	maagaasid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	maagaasi
genitive			maagaaside
partitive		maagaasi	maagaase maagaasisid
illative		maagaasi maagaasisse	maagaasidesse maagaasesse
inessive		maagaasis	maagaasides maagaases
elative		maagaasist	maagaasidest maagaasest
allative		maagaasile	maagaasidele maagaasele
adessive		maagaasil	maagaasidel maagaasel
ablative		maagaasilt	maagaasidelt maagaaselt
translative		maagaasiks	maagaasideks maagaaseks
terminative		maagaasini	maagaasideni
essive		maagaasina	maagaasidena
abessive		maagaasita	maagaasideta
comitative		maagaasiga	maagaasidega

References

• maagaas in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “maagaas”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009