karahvi

Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish karaff, from German Karafe, from Italian caraffa, probably from Arabic غرفة (ghúrfa, “cup or dipper”), from غرف (ghárafa, “to ladle”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka‧rah‧vi
• Rhymes: -ɑhʋi
• IPA: [ˈkɑrɑhʋi]

Noun

karahvi

1. carafe (bottle, usually glass and with a flared lip, used for serving beverages, especially wine or liquor)
2. decanter (receptacle for decanted wine or liquor, especially a crystal bottle with a stopper)

Declension

Declension of karahvi (type risti) singular plural nominative karahvi karahvit genitive karahvin karahvien partitive karahvia karahveja accusative karahvi karahvin karahvit 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 (2005). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Juva: WSOY. ISBN 951-0-27108-X.