شفط

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Etymology[edit]

From the root ش ف ط (š-f-ṭ), to be juxtaposed with the roots س ف ط (s-f-ṭ) and specifically سَفَطَ (safaṭa), س ف ف (s-f-f) and ش ف ف (š-f-f), all 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/ stems perhaps from a dialectal alteration 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]

شَفَطَ (šafaṭa) I, non-past يَشْفُطُ‎ (yašfuṭu)

  1. to suck up, to slurp
  2. to drink up entirely, to chug, to empty
  3. to remove excess, to drain away, to siphon off, to absorb
  4. (medicine) to aspirate

Conjugation[edit]

Noun[edit]

شَفْط (šafṭm

  1. verbal noun of شَفَطَ (šafaṭa) (form I)

Declension[edit]