karahvi
Finnish
Etymology
From Swedish karaff, from German Karafe, from Italian caraffa, probably from Arabic غُرْفَة (ḡurfa, “cup or dipper”), from غَرَفَ (ḡarafa, “to ladle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑrɑhʋi/, [ˈkɑrɑxʋi]
- Hyphenation: ka‧rah‧vi
- Rhymes: -ɑhʋi
Noun
karahvi
- carafe (bottle, usually glass and with a flared lip, used for serving beverages, especially wine or liquor)
- decanter (receptacle for decanted wine or liquor, especially a crystal bottle with a stopper)
Declension
| Inflection of karahvi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | karahvi | karahvit | |
| genitive | karahvin | karahvien | |
| partitive | karahvia | karahveja | |
| illative | karahviin | karahveihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | karahvi | karahvit | |
| accusative | nom. | karahvi | karahvit |
| gen. | karahvin | ||
| genitive | karahvin | karahvien | |
| partitive | karahvia | karahveja | |
| inessive | karahvissa | karahveissa | |
| elative | karahvista | karahveista | |
| illative | karahviin | karahveihin | |
| adessive | karahvilla | karahveilla | |
| ablative | karahvilta | karahveilta | |
| allative | karahville | karahveille | |
| essive | karahvina | karahveina | |
| translative | karahviksi | karahveiksi | |
| instructive | — | karahvein | |
| abessive | karahvitta | karahveitta | |
| comitative | — | karahveineen | |
Synonyms
- viinikannu
See also
- dekantteri
References
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004-2005). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Juva: WSOY. →ISBN.