سفط

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Root
س ف ط (s-f-ṭ)

Verb[edit]

سَفُطَ (safuṭa) I, non-past يَسْفُطُ‎ (yasfuṭu) (archaic)

  1. to be gleeful, to bliss, to be free of straitness in mind, to be liberal
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سَفَّطَ (saffaṭa) II, non-past يُسَفِّطُ‎ (yusaffiṭu) (archaic)

  1. to loam, to besmear
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Etymology 2[edit]

Interrelated with the roots ش ف ط (š-f-ṭ), س ف ف (s-f-f) and ش ف ف (š-f-f) meaning "to take something into one's mouth", "to lick up"; "to render lean or emaciate", "to leave emptied or exhausted"; both roots feature the meaning "to drink up much water". The /ط/ is perhaps a dialectal variant of verb form VIII إشْتَفَّ (ʔištaffa, to drink all that is in a vessel, drinking to last drop, to drink without satisfying thirst; to die, to be drained of one's measure of life).

Verb[edit]

سَفَطَ (safaṭa) I, non-past يَسْفُطُ‎ (yasfuṭu)

  1. to suck or drink up
  2. to drink up entirely, to chug, to empty
  3. to absorb
  4. to remove excess, to drain away, to siphon off
  5. to descale
  6. (medicine) to aspirate
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Noun[edit]

سَفْط (safṭm

  1. verbal noun of سَفَطَ (safaṭa) (form I)
    1. descaling
    2. (medicine) aspiration, suction
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Etymology 3[edit]

Borrowed from Aramaic סַפְטָא / ܣܰܦܛܳܐ (sap̄əṭā), from Middle Persian equivalent to Persian سپت (sapat) now سبد (sabad).

Noun[edit]

سَفَط (safaṭm (plural أَسْفَاط (ʔasfāṭ))

  1. basket, frail, scuttle
    • a. 675, Ḥasan ibn Ṯābit, ألا دفنتم رسول الله في سفط:
      أَلَا دَفَنْتُم رَسُولَ اللّٰهِ فِي سَفَطٍ — مِنَ الْأَلُوَّةِ وَٱلكَافُورِ مَنْضُودِ
      ʔalā dafantum rasūla llāhi fī safaṭin — mina l-ʔaluwwati wal-kāfūri manḍūdi
      Verily you buried God’s prophet in a basket – layered of aloe and camphorwood!
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