سفط

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root س ف ط (s-f-ṭ).

Verb

(archaic)

1. to be gleeful, to bliss, to be free of straitness in mind, to be liberal

Verb

سَفَّطَ • (saffaṭa) II (non-past يُسَفِّطُ (yusaffiṭu), verbal noun تَسْفِيط (tasfīṭ)) (archaic)

1. to loam, to besmear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of سَفَّطَ (II, sound, full passive, verbal noun تَسْفِيط)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						تَسْفِيط tasfīṭ
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُسَفِّط musaffiṭ
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مُسَفَّط musaffaṭ
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	سَفَّطْتُ saffaṭtu	سَفَّطْتَ saffaṭta	سَفَّطَ saffaṭa		سَفَّطْتُمَا saffaṭtumā	سَفَّطَا saffaṭā		سَفَّطْنَا saffaṭnā	سَفَّطْتُمْ saffaṭtum	سَفَّطُوا saffaṭū
	f		سَفَّطْتِ saffaṭti	سَفَّطَتْ saffaṭat			سَفَّطَتَا saffaṭatā			سَفَّطْتُنَّ saffaṭtunna	سَفَّطْنَ saffaṭna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُسَفِّطُ ʔusaffiṭu	تُسَفِّطُ tusaffiṭu	يُسَفِّطُ yusaffiṭu		تُسَفِّطَانِ tusaffiṭāni	يُسَفِّطَانِ yusaffiṭāni		نُسَفِّطُ nusaffiṭu	تُسَفِّطُونَ tusaffiṭūna	يُسَفِّطُونَ yusaffiṭūna
	f		تُسَفِّطِينَ tusaffiṭīna	تُسَفِّطُ tusaffiṭu			تُسَفِّطَانِ tusaffiṭāni			تُسَفِّطْنَ tusaffiṭna	يُسَفِّطْنَ yusaffiṭna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُسَفِّطَ ʔusaffiṭa	تُسَفِّطَ tusaffiṭa	يُسَفِّطَ yusaffiṭa		تُسَفِّطَا tusaffiṭā	يُسَفِّطَا yusaffiṭā		نُسَفِّطَ nusaffiṭa	تُسَفِّطُوا tusaffiṭū	يُسَفِّطُوا yusaffiṭū
	f		تُسَفِّطِي tusaffiṭī	تُسَفِّطَ tusaffiṭa			تُسَفِّطَا tusaffiṭā			تُسَفِّطْنَ tusaffiṭna	يُسَفِّطْنَ yusaffiṭna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُسَفِّطْ ʔusaffiṭ	تُسَفِّطْ tusaffiṭ	يُسَفِّطْ yusaffiṭ		تُسَفِّطَا tusaffiṭā	يُسَفِّطَا yusaffiṭā		نُسَفِّطْ nusaffiṭ	تُسَفِّطُوا tusaffiṭū	يُسَفِّطُوا yusaffiṭū
	f		تُسَفِّطِي tusaffiṭī	تُسَفِّطْ tusaffiṭ			تُسَفِّطَا tusaffiṭā			تُسَفِّطْنَ tusaffiṭna	يُسَفِّطْنَ yusaffiṭna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		سَفِّطْ saffiṭ			سَفِّطَا saffiṭā				سَفِّطُوا saffiṭū
	f		سَفِّطِي saffiṭī							سَفِّطْنَ saffiṭna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	سُفِّطْتُ suffiṭtu	سُفِّطْتَ suffiṭta	سُفِّطَ suffiṭa		سُفِّطْتُمَا suffiṭtumā	سُفِّطَا suffiṭā		سُفِّطْنَا suffiṭnā	سُفِّطْتُمْ suffiṭtum	سُفِّطُوا suffiṭū
	f		سُفِّطْتِ suffiṭti	سُفِّطَتْ suffiṭat			سُفِّطَتَا suffiṭatā			سُفِّطْتُنَّ suffiṭtunna	سُفِّطْنَ suffiṭna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُسَفَّطُ ʔusaffaṭu	تُسَفَّطُ tusaffaṭu	يُسَفَّطُ yusaffaṭu		تُسَفَّطَانِ tusaffaṭāni	يُسَفَّطَانِ yusaffaṭāni		نُسَفَّطُ nusaffaṭu	تُسَفَّطُونَ tusaffaṭūna	يُسَفَّطُونَ yusaffaṭūna
	f		تُسَفَّطِينَ tusaffaṭīna	تُسَفَّطُ tusaffaṭu			تُسَفَّطَانِ tusaffaṭāni			تُسَفَّطْنَ tusaffaṭna	يُسَفَّطْنَ yusaffaṭna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُسَفَّطَ ʔusaffaṭa	تُسَفَّطَ tusaffaṭa	يُسَفَّطَ yusaffaṭa		تُسَفَّطَا tusaffaṭā	يُسَفَّطَا yusaffaṭā		نُسَفَّطَ nusaffaṭa	تُسَفَّطُوا tusaffaṭū	يُسَفَّطُوا yusaffaṭū
	f		تُسَفَّطِي tusaffaṭī	تُسَفَّطَ tusaffaṭa			تُسَفَّطَا tusaffaṭā			تُسَفَّطْنَ tusaffaṭna	يُسَفَّطْنَ yusaffaṭna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُسَفَّطْ ʔusaffaṭ	تُسَفَّطْ tusaffaṭ	يُسَفَّطْ yusaffaṭ		تُسَفَّطَا tusaffaṭā	يُسَفَّطَا yusaffaṭā		نُسَفَّطْ nusaffaṭ	تُسَفَّطُوا tusaffaṭū	يُسَفَّطُوا yusaffaṭū
	f		تُسَفَّطِي tusaffaṭī	تُسَفَّطْ tusaffaṭ			تُسَفَّطَا tusaffaṭā			تُسَفَّطْنَ tusaffaṭna	يُسَفَّطْنَ yusaffaṭna

Etymology 2

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

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

Noun

سَفْط • (safṭ) m

1. verbal noun of سَفَطَ (safaṭa) (form I)
   1. descaling
   2. (medicine) aspiration, suction

Declension

Declension of noun سَفْط (safṭ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَفْط safṭ	السَّفْط as-safṭ	سَفْط safṭ
Nominative	سَفْطٌ safṭun	السَّفْطُ as-safṭu	سَفْطُ safṭu
Accusative	سَفْطًا safṭan	السَّفْطَ as-safṭa	سَفْطَ safṭa
Genitive	سَفْطٍ safṭin	السَّفْطِ as-safṭi	سَفْطِ safṭi

Etymology 3

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

Noun

سَفَط • (safaṭ) m (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!

Declension

Declension of noun سَفَط (safaṭ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَفَط safaṭ	السَّفَط as-safaṭ	سَفَط safaṭ
Nominative	سَفَطٌ safaṭun	السَّفَطُ as-safaṭu	سَفَطُ safaṭu
Accusative	سَفَطًا safaṭan	السَّفَطَ as-safaṭa	سَفَطَ safaṭa
Genitive	سَفَطٍ safaṭin	السَّفَطِ as-safaṭi	سَفَطِ safaṭi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَفَطَيْن safaṭayn	السَّفَطَيْن as-safaṭayn	سَفَطَيْ safaṭay
Nominative	سَفَطَانِ safaṭāni	السَّفَطَانِ as-safaṭāni	سَفَطَا safaṭā
Accusative	سَفَطَيْنِ safaṭayni	السَّفَطَيْنِ as-safaṭayni	سَفَطَيْ safaṭay
Genitive	سَفَطَيْنِ safaṭayni	السَّفَطَيْنِ as-safaṭayni	سَفَطَيْ safaṭay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَسْفَاط ʔasfāṭ	الْأَسْفَاط al-ʔasfāṭ	أَسْفَاط ʔasfāṭ
Nominative	أَسْفَاطٌ ʔasfāṭun	الْأَسْفَاطُ al-ʔasfāṭu	أَسْفَاطُ ʔasfāṭu
Accusative	أَسْفَاطًا ʔasfāṭan	الْأَسْفَاطَ al-ʔasfāṭa	أَسْفَاطَ ʔasfāṭa
Genitive	أَسْفَاطٍ ʔasfāṭin	الْأَسْفَاطِ al-ʔasfāṭi	أَسْفَاطِ ʔasfāṭi

References

• “spṭ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “سپت”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 79–80
• Freytag, Georg (1833) “سفط”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 323
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