gazový

Gazové is a Czech adjective meaning related to gas. It derives from gaz (gas), a term borrowed into Czech from French gaz. The word is used to form compound terms describing equipment, systems, or phenomena associated with gas.

In historical and technical language, gazové appears in phrases such as gazový hořák (gas burner), gazová lampa (gas lamp), and gazové osvětlení (gas lighting). The latter was a common mode of urban illumination in the 19th and early 20th centuries, before electric lighting became widespread. With the expansion of electricity and later the widespread use of natural gas, gazové terminology has become more specialized or largely replaced by other forms in everyday speech, but it remains present in archival texts and certain technical or industrial contexts.

In modern Czech, the more common everyday term for devices and systems using natural gas is plynový (or plynové when describing plural feminine nouns, and related forms). Gazový is still encountered in technical, historical, or formal registers and in older literature. The exact form gazové is determined by the gender and number of the noun it modifies; for example, gazový hořák (masculine singular), gazová lampa (feminine singular), gazové osvětlení (neuter singular).

Overall, gazové serves as a traditional or technical variant of the more widely used plynový, signifying a relationship to gas in various compound terms and historical contexts.